2.2M Students Used OpenStax Free Textbooks in 2018

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Summary:

"OpenStax, a nonprofit based at Rice University that publishes free online peer-reviewed textbooks, reports that more than two million students at U.S. colleges used at least one of its textbooks during the 2017-2018 school year. The nonprofit also estimates that students saved $177 million using the free textbooks in the 2017-2018 year. The increased use of of OpenStax textbooks comes as the AAP reported that sales of higher education course materials fell 7.2% in 2018.

According to OpenStax, its textbooks are in use at 48% of U.S. colleges and were used by 2.2 million students in 2017-2018. OpenStax textbooks, which are part of the larger Open Education Resource movement for free educational resources, have been used by more than 6.2 million students since it began publishing its own textbooks in 2012. OpenStax has published 32 free textbooks...."

Link:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/79320-2-2m-students-used-openstax-free-textbooks-in-2018.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.openstax oa.growth oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.books

Date tagged:

02/24/2019, 14:47

Date published:

02/24/2019, 09:47