"The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between agile methods and open source, presenting the basic principles and practices and providing evidence through a set of specific empirical investigations"--Provided by publisher.

"This book is a collection of empirical research regarding the status of F/OSS projects, presenting a framework and state-of-the-art references on F/OSS projects, reporting on case studies covering a wide range of F/OSS applications and domains. It asserts trends in the evolution of software...

"This book gives an overview of the current research streams in the field of free and open source software development. A multitude of research approaches are used to explore free and open source software development processes, attributes of their products and the workings within the development...

"This book presents learning and knowledge management from a point of view where the basic tools and applications are provided by open source technologies. It explains an intense orientation to the critical issues of the open source paradigm: open source tools, applications, social networks, and...

It is necessary for online teaching designers and developers to understand the roles played by open source products in developing and supporting an online learning system. This book covers strategies for using and evaluating open source products for online teaching and learning systems. By going...

"This book reviews open and free software used in e-learning, examines the pedagogy behind FOSS and how it is applied to e-learning, and discusses the best practices for FOSS through real world examples, providing guidelines for e-learning designers and instructors who use FOSS"--Provided by...

"This book reviews the development, design, and use of free and open source software, providing relevant topics of discussion for programmers, as well as researchers in human-computer studies, online and virtual collaboration, and e-learning"--Provided by publisher.

"This book helps readers better understand open source software and its application in mobile learning, covering open culture and mobile learning in the open source setting and reviewing the pros and cons of various types of mobile network architecture, mobile devices, open source mobile...

Key aspects on free and open source enterprise resources planning systems / Rogerio Atem de Carvalho, Björn Johansson -- An analytical survey of free/open source ERP systems and their potential marketplace in Brazil / Marcelo Monsores, Asterio Tanaka -- Why selecting an open source ERP over...

1. Open cloud technologies / Andres-Leonardo Martinez-Ortiz -- 2. The OpenNebula cloud toolkit / Daniel Molina ... [et al.] -- 3. EMOTIVE Cloud: The BSC's IaaS open source solution for cloud computing / Alex Vaqué ... [et al.] -- 4. An innovative open source middleware for managing virtual...