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lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-08-18

Summary:

"David Harris, editor in chief for OpenStax, said the organization aims to lower the cost of education by changing the business model of textbook publishing. It has published 20 textbooks on a range of subjects in the past four years."

Link:

http://www.kansas.com/news/business/article96205917.html

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Tags:

oa.new oa.textbooks oa.oer oa.prices oa.openstax oa.usa oa.rice.u oa.business_models oa.universities oa.students oa.usage oa.faculty oa.biology oa.publishers oa.surveys oa.obstacles oa.books oa.hei

Date tagged:

08/18/2016, 15:45

Date published:

08/18/2016, 11:45