eBook: eLearning Practices

If you take a closer look you will actually see how the eBook will examine the emergence and growth of e-learning. The use of the ‘e’ prefix indicates the application of information and communication technology (ICT) in government, finance, and all forms of socio-economic and community development.

Many of the institutions in the countries to be reviewed also make extensive use of traditional teaching and methods and media, so this eBook will not only consider e-learning and mobile or m-learning in isolation but in blended or mixed-mode learning, both in classroom environments and in distance education. It will examine and discuss at:

• How and why ICT is working its way into learning in the various
  countries, its potential, and how its integration and broader use may
  be promoted.
• The constraints on e-learning development.
• The benefits and cost benefits of e-learning.
• Internet penetration and usage rates.
• Government initiatives to promote ICT literacy and the use of elearning
  in education and training.
• The extent and nature of e-learning and blended learning provision.
• The cultural and pedagogical implications of e-learning.
• The policy-making and organizational dimensions of e-learning.

This eBook is designed and presented in two volumes. The fist volume consists of the country cases of Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Jordan, Hungary, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, and Morocco.

The second volume gives a place to the country cases of Norway, Oman, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. So, the eBook consists of more than 70 authors from 39 different countries and from 42 universities and 14 institutions with company for all 42 chapters.

Related links
Volume I (pdf)
Volume II (pdf)

Source: MidaseBook