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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Autores principales:	John Levi Hilton III, David Wiley
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2011
Materias:	Open educational resources open textbooks electronic textbooks Flat World Knowledge open access sustainability Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:edffbe13642a493189a11705bff662a42021-12-02T19:20:43ZOpen access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on Flat World Knowledge10.19173/irrodl.v12i5.9601492-3831https://doaj.org/article/edffbe13642a493189a11705bff662a42011-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Many 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. John Levi Hilton IIIDavid WileyAthabasca University PressarticleOpen educational resourcesopen textbookselectronic textbooksFlat World Knowledgeopen accesssustainabilitySpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2011)
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description	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.
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Open access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on Flat World Knowledge

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