Open textbooks are key to skills training – Journal of Commerce

"BCcampus is a publicly-funded organization that is mandated to serve B.C.'s post-secondary sector on our shared journey to the next generation of educational tools that will keep our workforce globally competitive. In the post-secondary education world, online courses and open textbooks are now widely available. An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open copyright license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. They significantly reduce student textbook costs, while giving instructors the flexibility to reformat and customize their course material. They are an affordable and flexible alternative to traditionally-published textbooks. BCcampus has made many such open educational resources available to B.C.’s higher education system ..."