When Flat World Knowledge first emerged back in 2007, the company was on a mission to overturn the textbook industry, and the staid world of educational publishing along with it. One of the pioneers ...

Supported by the Library Services Fund, we welcome faculty members to consider using an open textbook in their classrooms. The beauty of open education is that learning materials can be adapted or ...

Editor’s note: Verne Kopytoff is a technology journalist who lives the the Bay area. A college textbook can cost a staggering $200. Over four years of study, students can easily spend thousands of ...

College student Caitlin Ryen works two jobs to support herself and pay tuition at South Florida Community College. When a new semester rolls around, that usually means choosing which textbooks to buy, ...

In four years of college, the average student nationally is asked to spend $4800 on textbooks. What if those costs were eliminated? Research from a trio of BYU professors, which is referred to as the ...

Dynamic Books, a publishing platform and line of customizable digital textbooks from Macmillan, announced an agreement with College Open Textbooks to identify quality public domain or open licensed ...

Open Education Month has officially wrapped up, but opportunities to discover different open educational resources — including open access guides and open textbooks — are available thanks to Concordia ...

Roxanne Missingham works for the Australian National University. For university students, textbooks have been both a saviour and a bane. Having most of the essential readings in a single volume ...

Students at Camosun College are among those using B.C.'s Open Textbook Project, which makes the books available online.BRUCE STOTESBURY Carson Varney’s responsibilities include a two-year-old son, ...

For years, people have complained about the cost of college textbooks. And science textbooks are some of the most expensive. The list prices for hardcover versions from sellers like Amazon are ...