The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: Free Open Textbooks Could Disrupt The Huge Textbook Industry

August 13, 2012

Free Open Textbooks Could Disrupt The Huge Textbook Industry

A new type of textbook is threatening to disrupt a $4.5 billion industry that has so far avoided the media upheavals experienced in music, movies and trade publications. Open-source textbooks, free for students to use and for professors to modify, are being developed by more companies and adopted in more classrooms. They may work hand-in-hand with the rise in free online courses to revolutionize the way we view—and pay for—higher education. Those educators that have jumped into the open-source waters say there are great benefits for the students and for themselves. Read more at:
http://business.time.com/2012/08/10/free-textbooks-shaking-up-higher-education/?xid=rss-topstories#ixzz23K2h0Nle

Aug 13, 2012 2:23:00 AM | Books, Open Educational Resources

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