Center for Engaged Learning | Academic Book Publishing: Why Publish Open Access?

As regular readers of this blog will know, in 2019 the Center for Engaged Learning launched a brand-new initiative – the Open Access Book Series. We became part of the global movement to make research free and accessible to everyone, and we are so proud that Elon University has committed to funding high-quality books that explore learning and teaching in higher education. As part of our series on the academic book publishing process, this post will explain what open access is and why CEL is pursuing it, as well as why you might want to consider publishing in our open access series.