Big Publishing Wants To Co-Opt The Open Textbook Revolution
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-07-29
Summary:
"while colleges initially invested in open resources partially as an alternative to traditionally costly textbooks, traditional publishers are increasingly getting into the open resource game themselves. They’re looking for ways they can combine open source materials with proprietary content, and with online materials like interactive quizzes that professors can use to track how their students are doing.
Publishers are even experimenting with new pricing models, like so-called 'inclusive access' deals, where schools negotiate a per-student fee for access to online course materials, similar to how they might license software from Microsoft or Adobe rather than a traditional textbook arrangement."