STM publisher Springer has announced a partnership with Federica Weblearning, an academic platform devoted to innovation, experimentation and the dissemination of multimedia distance learning. The collaboration allows authors and lecturers several options of preparing both a textbook and a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on a particular topic. This initiative allows Springer to further strengthen its expertise in textbook publishing, and offer its authors and customers an enhanced pedagogical experience.
The MOOCs and books project invites authors worldwide to plan from the outset a textbook together with an accompanying MOOC. Also, lecturers who are currently running a MOOC on the Federica Weblearning platform have the opportunity to publish a complementary textbook with Springer. Authors and lecturers from institutes all over the world can participate in this initiative.
Federica Weblearning was developed by the University of Naples Federico II in Italy, and it hosts courses on a wide spectrum of fields covered by the university, including mathematics and statistics, computer science, engineering and physical sciences, biomedical and life sciences, business and economics, and humanities and social sciences. Courses promote international authorship, topical coverage, and dissemination to a global readership of scholars, students, researchers, professionals and policy makers.
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