Editors Mourlas, Tsianos and Germanakos (communications and media studies, National and Kapodistrian U. of Athens, Greece) have gathered these research studies on cognitive and emotional processes in web-based education for students and researchers concerned with the impacts of human factors on e- Learning applications. Expert contributors discuss such topics as affective issues in adaptive educational environments, using virtual reality to enhance cognition and differences in social communication patterns for online learning technologies. A section addresses the latest research on group and individual processes in web-based collaborative learning environments. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)