The Canada OER group: Saving students money from coast to coast
| Published | 29 June 2016 |
| Publisher | BCcampus |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
To combat the inflated prices of textbooks across Canada, many provinces are working together towards a common goal – to save students money....| Keywords | Alberta OER · B.C. Open Textbook Project · BCcampus · Campus Manitoba · Canada OER Group · eCampusAlberta · eCampusOntario · Open Textbook Collection |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| URL | https://bccampus.ca/2016/06/29/the-canada-oer-group-saving-students-money-from-coast-to-coast/ |
| Access date | 21 February 2019 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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