Open textbooks make education more accessible and affordable
| Published | 7 June 2018 |
| Publisher | BCcampus |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
The Province is providing BCcampus with $250,000 for the creation, modification, distribution, and evaluation of textbooks for the British Columbia adult graduation diploma (or adult dogwood diploma). Courses covered include math, English, science, social science, computer studies, and education and career planning.| Keywords | Adult Basic Education · BCcampus · open textbooks |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| URL | https://bccampus.ca/2018/06/07/open-textbooks-make-education-more-accessible-and-affordable/ |
| Access date | 22 February 2019 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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