Released: Nation's First Interactive Web 2.0 Open Source Textbook Free to Students Through For-Profit Giant, Nonprofit Team

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"The 20 Million Minds Foundation (20MM) announced a new digitally enhanced etextbook for college students based on open content. The non-profit has set its sight on producing open source etextbooks for the top 25 courses taken by undergraduates in the nation, with general statistics being one of largest of such courses....With the new enhanced digital offering, students will experience a free PDF...or the enhanced version under $20 for the semester....Today marks the first merger between a for-profit giant, Kno, and non-profit, 20MM, to actually deliver an open source book...."

Link:

http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/06/3964952/released-nations-first-interactive.html#ixzz1a1tFB623

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.business_models oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.books

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 12:27

Date published:

10/07/2011, 08:28