More textbooks made available online - Nanaimo Region - Nanaimo Daily News

"The government of B.C. hopes to make more post-secondary textbooks freely available online for students in this province. The Ministry of Advanced Education announced on Monday that an initiative to bring open textbooks to B.C. students will enter a second phase. A call for proposals was issued in hopes of expanding the current library of open textbooks from 15 to 40. Open textbooks are currently available for some high enrollment first and second-year courses like chemistry, psychology and business. Monday's call for proposals was made in hopes of expanding the covered subjects to include areas like criminology, history, commerce and computer science. The ministry described open textbooks as part of a global movement, one that takes advantage of online resources to make information sharing easier. For students, open textbooks represent an opportunity to reduce costs by making learning materials freely available. The government has turned to the publicly-funded BCcampus organization to co-ordinate the effort ..."