The term 'E-Learning' was coined when electronics, with the personal computer, was well-known and internet was still at its infancy. It is now a flourishing term in schools, universities, and SMEs education and training. As an example, about 3.5 millions of students undertook some or the other online courses in institutions of higher education in 2006 in USA. E-Learning is now defined as the use of network technologies to design, deliver, select, manage and broaden learning and the opportunities made available by the internet to offer to the users; synchronous and asynchronous learning, hence...

Education is an essential for an individual's existence. This book, written by writers from different countries across five continents, is a compilation of global perspectives on distance learning implementations in higher education. The viewpoints are presented in the form of practical case studies of distance learning attainment, research studies on teaching and learning in distance learning surroundings, and theoretical frameworks for developing distance learning tools, courses and programs. This book discusses all the advantages of distance learning and will motivate it extensively among...

E-learning allows students to pace their studies as per their own obligations, making learning achievable to people who don't get enough spare time for learning, hence, they can schedule their lessons accordingly; as well as to people who live far away from educational institutions or are unable to attend classes because of physical or medical reasons. Therefore, cultural, geographical and physical hurdles can be overcome by E-learning that makes it possible for students to choose their own path and time for learning different courses. This book deals with the challenges that are faced in...

Technology development, primarily for telecommunications and computer systems, played a key role in the interactivity and, thus, for the expansion of e-learning. This book gives suggestions for dealing with challenges of e-learning, opening new paths of learning and conferring new methodologies to expand the conversing level of classes, and implementing technical tools for aiding students to make improvised use of e-learning resources. The book is divided into sections that talk about the necessary infrastructure for e-learning models and processes, organizational practices, suggestions,...

This book provides an insight into the latest technological advancements in the fast emerging domain of E-learning. With the resources provided by communication technologies, E-learning has been adopted by many universities and also by various training centers and schools. This book provides a systematic compilation of various topics related to the subject and emphasizes on the importance of E-learning. It reflects the progress of E-learning, with discussion about tools, techniques, improvements and potentials for long-distance learning. The book is dedicated to methodologies and tools...

Adaptive E-learning is advisable for students with unique profiles, specific interests, and from various areas of knowledge, so that profiles may be able to contemplate particular aims of the students, altogether with various preferences, knowledge level, learning style, rendering psychological profile, etc. Self-directed learning also needs to be taken into consideration. Self-directed learning, unlike adaptive E-learning, is linked with autonomy in learning; it is a reasonable link for readiness for E-learning, where students direct their own classes as per their own requirements. This book...

This book elaborates the growing importance of education and contemporary solutions to make education accessible to most of the learners. Education has emerged as the primary commodity for socio-economic transformation for both developed as well as developing economies. Thus, the number of people going and returning to school has grown, making it difficult for existing brick and mortar learning institutes to handle this rising demand. Besides, most of lifelong learners do not have the time to turn into full-time students. Therefore, distance education is becoming the answer to the above...

Education research is an emerging discipline which involves assessment of different facets of education. There has been rapid progress in the researches focused upon e-learning and its effectiveness in providing knowledge and education to a wide audience. From theories to research to practical applications related to all contemporary topics of relevance to these fields have been included in this book. Some of the chapters presented herein include topics such as e-learning evaluation and content, computer-aided assessments, e-learning effectiveness, designing educational curriculums, analysis...