Students Save With Open Textbooks - The Spectator

"The new Affordable Learning Georgia initiative will give students the opportunity to save big by supplying them with affordable textbook alternatives. ALG helps students by supporting Open Educational Resource’s want for the adoption, adaptation, creation and use of materials in GALILEO and USG libraries. According to Jeff Gallant, the ALG’s visiting program officer for open educational resources, the average annual student’s course material can cost upwards to $1,200. However, with this program, students will be assigned open textbooks online, free of charge. Even if only one course took advantage of these textbooks, students will still save exponentially ..."