A weird but true fact about textbook publishers and OER
| Published | November 2014 |
| Periodical | Volume November 27, 2014, Pages blog- posted on November 19, 2014 |
| Publisher | e-Literate |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Michael Feldstein, as a consultant in the publishing business, discusses the future of OER in textbook publishing.| Keywords | Creative Commons · OER as infrastructure · open license · open textbooks · OpenED · OpenStax |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | http://mfeldstein.com/weird-true-fact-textbook-publishers-oer/ |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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