To combat soaring textbook costs, look to an open-source approach - The Globe and Mail

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Summary:

"Happily, over the past five years more than 400 instructors across 42 B.C. institutions have exercised their choice in a way that has saved our students more than $5.5-million, by adopting open textbooks."

Link:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/to-combat-soaring-textbook-costs-look-to-an-open-source-approach/article37477566/

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Date tagged:

01/03/2018, 11:46

Date published:

01/03/2018, 06:46