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Native Peoples of North America [PDF]
, 2013 1. In 1491 2. All Our Relations3. Resources and Their Distribution4. Status, Rank and Power5. Religion and Spiritual Beliefs6. Is There a Word for Art?Native Peoples of North America is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of ...
Stebbins, Susan
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Strategies for the Adoption of Open Textbooks: The Latin American Open Textbooks Initiative
EURODL, 2015 Open textbook initiatives have emerged as an alternative to traditional publications, boosting the creation of educational resources based on open licenses. In order to make them sustainable, it is necessary to define strategies for the adoption of these
Virginia Rodés +3 more
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Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2011 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.
John Hilton III, David Wiley
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So You Want to Print and Sell Open Textbooks?
, 2020 Video recording of the presentation "So You Want to Print and Sell Open Textbooks?" which provides an overview of the landscape and factors to consider in choosing among the options for printing and selling an open ...
Hawkins, Kevin S.
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Examining Student Perception of an Open Statistics Book
Open Praxis, 2016 The rise of Open Educational Resources (OER) research provides data that Open Textbooks and other forms of OER may be one cost saving approach for college and university students.
Barbara Sack Illowsky +3 more
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AERA Open, 2019 Open textbooks have been developed in response to rising commercial textbook costs and copyright constraints. Numerous studies have been conducted to examine open textbooks with varied findings.
Virginia Clinton, Shafiq Khan
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Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries, 2019 The affordability of textbooks and unsustainable commercial models are issues that many libraries face. As an alternative, there is a growing movement in the United States around open and affordable textbooks.
Ellen Collins, Graham Stone
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International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2020 As open textbook initiatives are on the rise, a burgeoning literature has begun exploring student perceptions of openly licensed textbooks used in higher education.
Talea Anderson, Carrie Cuttler
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Using Open Educational Resources at Viterbo University: Faculty and Student Feedback
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021 This study evaluated a coordinated and collaborative pilot implementation of open educational resources (OER) across multiple disciplines including nursing, accounting, environmental science, religious studies, and finance.
Alissa L. Oelfke +7 more
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Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2009 To address the high cost of textbooks, Rice University’s Connexions and the Community College Open Textbook Project (CCOTP) collaborated to develop a proof-of-concept free and open textbook.
Judy Baker +4 more
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