Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge

Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge

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 K...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: John Hilton III, David Wiley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athabasca University Press 2011-06-01
Series:International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Subjects:
Open educational resources
open textbooks
electronic textbooks
open access
sustainability
Online Access:http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960/1860
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1492-3831

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