One spot to shop for free digital texts
Posted in Community CollegesIt’s about to get a lot easier for instructors at community colleges to start using free digital textbooks in their courses. And once they do, the rest of the nation will follow – eventually.
This week, the Open Educational Resources Center for California went online. The web site will act as a clearinghouse for community college faculty interested in free digital textbooks but unsure how to use them. They’ll find links to the 450 or so texts now available, and soon they’ll see peer reviews of many of the titles. The course materials and textbooks are openly licensed or available in the public domain.
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This week, the Open Educational Resources Center for California went online. The web site will act as a clearinghouse for community college faculty interested in free digital textbooks but unsure how to use them. They’ll find links to the 450 or so texts now available, and soon they’ll see peer reviews of many of the titles. The course materials and textbooks are openly licensed or available in the public domain.
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