This chapter begins by reviewing the many definitions of the term open educational
resources and concludes by discussing challenges and opportunities for the approach …

The rapid growth in Internet technologies has led to a proliferation in the number of Open
Educational Resources (OER), making the evaluation of OER quality a pressing need. In …

Learning paths are curated sequences of resources organized in a way that a learner has all
the prerequisite knowledge needed to achieve their learning goals. In this article, we …

In this work, we elaborate on the meaning of metadata quality by surveying efforts and
experiences matured in the digital library domain. In particular, an overview of the …

The old dream of a universal repository containing all of human knowledge and culture is
becoming possible through the Internet and the Web. Moreover, this is happening with the …

The continuously growth of learning resources available in on-line repositories has raised
the concern for the development of automated methods for quality assessment. The current …

Ultra-large-scale interactive systems on the Internet have begun to change how teachers
prepare for instruction, particularly in regards to resource selection. Consequently, it is …

This paper describes how to find or filter high-quality ideas submitted by members
collaborating together in online communities. Typical means of organizing community …

Abstract The United States Department of Education's 2010 National Educational
Technology Plan called for educators to transform learning and teaching with digital …

Finding effectively open educational resources and open courseware that are the most
relevant and that have the best quality for a specific user's need, in a particular context …