| Título: | Open access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on Flat World Knowledge |
| Autores: |
Hilton III, John Levi; Brigham Young University Wiley, David; Brigham Young University |
| Fecha: | 2011-05-24 |
| Publicador: | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning |
| Fuente: |
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| Tipo: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed, double-blind case study |
| Tema: |
Open Education; Online Learning Open educational resources, open textbooks, electronic textbooks, Flat World Knowledge, open access, sustainability |
| Descripción: | Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on the financial sustainability of the Flat World Knowledge open-source textbook model after one year of operation. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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