Wednesday, December 27, 2017

OER Textbooks Join Day-One Access Programs in Campus Bookstores - Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology

Rice University's OpenStax textbooks are now being made available through digital access programs from VitalSource and RedShelf at bookstores run by Follett and Barnes & Noble Education. These mainstay digital textbook providers allow colleges and universities to operate inclusive access programs in which students are billed for all their digital textbooks and resources at registration. Now these same institutions will be able to include OpenStax content for free or for a "marginal platform fee." https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/11/28/oer-textbooks-join-day-one-access-programs-in-campus-bookstores.aspx