In Tuesday’s Minnesota Student Association forum, student government leaders said they will push for open-source textbooks this year. Open-source books, or free and freely distributed texts, are a ...

Open source is a bit of a misnomer for the books because it brings to mind images of Wikipedia, where anyone can edit an entry. But for a few exceptions, open source books are edited by paid ...

Prentice Hall, a technical and academic book publisher, tests the open-source philosophy for a new series of books--counting on free e-books to spur hardcover sales.

Open-source textbooks, long considered a promising way to cut costs but still not widely used, could become more readily available and easily vetted as a University of Minnesota project expands.

The new books aren’t an attack on the content of current textbooks, Harris said, but rather a result of prices that can scare students away from some classes. Nicole Allen, textbook advocate for the ...

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It doesn’t matter if you’re new to open source or a long-time user, there is always more to learn about. We scoured the Web for the best open source books. All of these are free books that can ...

Benjamin Mis, an assistant psychology professor at Irvine Valley College, is ditching a $100 textbook and will instead assign his Introduction to Psychology students in the spring semester an open-… ...

As the textbook industry adapts to the digital age, it is harnessing technology in a search for solutions to perennial frustrations over high costs. Most stakeholders agree that the future of ...

The idea of using open-source functionality in the book publishing field has, slowly but surely, gained more momentum lately.open-sourced textbooks could considerably ease college costs and of ...

The Adopt an Open Textbook Grant program was established to encourage faculty and instructors to switch from traditional textbooks to high-quality, free open textbooks. Grant awardees receive $1000 to ...