Cost-Savings Achieved in Two Semesters through the Adoption of Open Educational Resources

Autor/inn/en	Hilton, John Levi, III; Robinson, Jared; Wiley, David; Ackerman, J. Dale
Titel	Cost-Savings Achieved in Two Semesters through the Adoption of Open Educational Resources
Quelle	In: International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 15 (2014) 2, S.67-84 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1492-3831
Schlagwörter	Open Education; Cost Effectiveness; Textbooks; College Students; Electronic Publishing; California; Nebraska; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Collegestudent; Elektronisches Publizieren; Kalifornien
Abstract	Textbooks represent a significant portion of the overall cost of higher education in the United States. The burden of these costs is typically shouldered by students, those who support them, and the taxpayers who fund the grants and student loans which pay for textbooks. Open educational resources (OER) provide students a way to receive high-quality learning materials at little or no cost to students. We report on the cost savings achieved by students at eight colleges when these colleges began utilizing OER in place of traditional commercial textbooks. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10