Government of British Columbia (via noodls) / Grant to accelerate uptake of open textbooks

"A grant of $525,000 USD over three years will allow BCcampus to focus on increasing uptake of open resources including textbooks by increasing the value of the resources. The grant is from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The funds will be used to develop support materials for open textbooks such as presentations, test banks and videos, as well as additional faculty reviews to boost credibility and workshops to support faculty in learning how to use and adopt open textbook resources for their classrooms. More than 120 open textbooks are now available. Titles range from popular first and second-year areas such as math, chemistry and business, to skills and technical subjects including trades, tourism, hospitality, healthcare and adult upgrading. Over 100 faculty members at more than 15 public post-secondary institutions are part of the open textbook movement in British Columbia ..."