The cost of developing an open textbook: $80,000 – $130,000 | Tony Bates
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Summary:
"Open textbooks may be free, but they are not without cost.
So what is the cost of developing an open textbook from scratch?
Answer: a minimum of $80,000, more likely around $130,000.
Here’s how I arrived at the figure, based on my own open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age."
Tony Bates discusses in this article the cost of developing Open textbooks, and as he reports, the main cost is time.