Alberta post-secondary students push for ‘open textbooks’ | Metro

"Alberta post-secondary students are urging provincial representatives to crack open certain textbooks free of charge. The Council of Alberta University Students (CAUS) plans to adopt official policy next week calling on the province to adopt an 'open textbook' concept they claim is allowing learning to flourish at a reduced cost in B.C. The model sees mass-use course material published online with a creative commons licence. Students and instructors alike can then download the offerings and modify them as they see fit ..."