Just in time for its 10-year anniversary, the Open Textbook Library's collection of open education resources has surpassed 1,000 titles. Launched in 2012, the Library is an online catalog of openly ...

TORONTO, Oct. 3, 2017 /CNW/ - eCampusOntario, a not-for-profit organization that supports online and technology-enabled education, is celebrating the success of its Open Textbook Library. The online ...

Textbook affordability is very important to the library and Bates College. One way to address the issue of textbook cost is by adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) as course required texts. You ...

Drexel faculty now have greater access to open-licensed textbooks — and are already starting to implement them in the classroom. Last summer, the Drexel University Libraries joined the Open Textbook ...

The high cost of some course materials can interfere with students’ academic success. In fact, seven out of 10 students do not purchase a required textbook during their academic careers because of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The price of going to ...

A college undergraduate spends an average of $1,200 on textbooks a year, enough to buy about five pizzas a week for the entire fall, winter and spring semesters. It’s no wonder that free “open ...

As the price of college textbooks continues to increase, more students are opting to skip the books even if their grades suffer, a survey conducted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group has found ...

Amid the economic downturn and an uncertain near-term future, colleges and students everywhere are looking for ways to keep the price of a post-secondary education down. The Private Academic Library ...

SCN Goes Back to School—Get the August Issue Today! Check Out How Virginia Tech Enhances Learning AV/IT Team, Class of 2025: Texas A&M University The Open Textbook Library has a lot to celebrate -- ...