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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Athabasca University Press
2011-06-01
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Series: | International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning |
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Online Access: | http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960/1860 |