Interactive Multimedia in Education and Training Sanjaya Mishra Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Ramesh C. Sharma Indira Gandhi National Open University, India IDEA GROUP PUBLISHING Hershey • London • Melbourne • Singapore Acquisitions Editor: Senior Managing Editor: Managing Editor: Development Editor: Copy Editor: Typesetter: Cover Design: Printed at: Mehdi Khosrow-Pour Jan Travers Amanda Appicello Michele Rossi Lori Eby Amanda Appicello Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Idea Group Publishing (an imprint of Idea Group Inc.) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail:
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