OER disrupting textbook marketplace
lterrat's bookmarks 2017-08-17
Summary:
"The state of New York made big news in the education space earlier this year when it announced plans to offer tuition-free college to qualifying families. Part of that plan includes $8 million that will be used 'to help defray the prohibitive cost of textbooks.'
Both of these moves could have far-reaching consequences, but one of them is far more radical than the other. Here’s why."