The world's first open textbooks released in the same month but on different continents | Open Education Europa

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Summary:

"In 2012, British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education (Canada) announced plans to create open textbook for the 40 most popular (highest enrolment) courses in first and second year of the post-secondary education system.  The first textbooks are now available online. They can be downloaded for free in epub and mobi formats. Learners can also purchase a print copy for a low cost. The textbooks are published under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license, meaning that they can be modified and republished non-commercially, as long as they are properly attributed and licensed under identical terms ... Nine time zones away, Poland has been tracing a similar path.  In April 2012 the Polish Council of Ministers committed 43 million PLN to develop open textbooks for grades 4 to 6 in primary schools ..."

Link:

http://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/en/news/worlds-first-open-textbooks-released-same-month-different-continents

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Date tagged:

05/22/2014, 12:36

Date published:

05/22/2014, 02:08