Section 1. Smart education: technology-enhanced learning and data-driven innovation. Chapter 1. On the way to smart education and urban society ; Chapter 2. Technology-enhanced learning (TEL) in higher education: where are we now? ; Chapter 3. Knowledge framework for online learning: implications for cybsersecurity and programming education -- Section 2. Initiatives on knowledge-intensive economies and technology-driven innovation. Chapter 4. The imperatives of critical thinking, social norms, and values in Africa: pathways to sustainable development ; Chapter 5. The era after oil: knowledge-intensive cities on the Arabian gulf ; Chapter 6. The national plan of e-government: how the UAE government modernized citizen services ; Chapter 7. Exploring knowledge activities for bringing Saudi Arabia and the BRICS together -- Section 3. Streamline and emerging technologies for technology-driven innovation: case studies. Chapter 8. Classification of traffic events in Mexico City using machine learning and volunteered geographic information ; Chapter 9. Exploring key e-services issues toward future development ; Chapter 10. Improved indoor geo-localization system: bluetooth low energy technology of ibeacons and wi-fi network for better IOT systems accuracy ; Chapter 11. Managing multi-cloud data dependability faults ; Chapter 12. Retrieval of relevant web pages by a new filtering method ; Chapter 13. Review on keyword search and ranking techniques for semi-structured data -- Section 4. New skills and new mental models for the new era of education. Chapter 14. Extraction and annotation of news topics from TV streams for web video sharing: a contribution to produce reliable online video news content ; Chapter 15. A conceptual model for cloud-based e-training in nursing education ; Chapter 16. Academicians quality of work life and its influence on value of education.