Trend toward online codes is bumping cost of college textbooks, students say | The Columbian

lkfitz's bookmarks 2018-02-06

Summary:

"PIRG is urging faculty to choose “open educational resources” — free online textbooks that are usually written by groups of instructors to cover essential college courses. Longbottom said faculty members are usually open to the idea of switching to open resources, but many aren’t familiar with them."

Link:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/feb/05/trend-toward-online-codes-is-bumping-cost-of-college-textbooks-students-say/

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oa.new oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.prices oa.advocacy oa.books

Date tagged:

02/06/2018, 14:15

Date published:

02/06/2018, 09:15