Persuading faculty to select open textbooks
| Published | September 2014 |
| Periodical | Volume 2014, Pages blog- posted on September 16th, 2014 |
| Publisher | Innovation Memes |
ABSTRACT
This one starts with the assumption that high quality, open, online textbooks are already available. It then points out that since faculty don't have to pay for the textbooks they select for their courses, they don't have a monetary incentive to select open textbooks. Finally, it describes a "carrot model" schools could employ to give faculty a financial incentive to select open textbooks.| Keywords | libraries · open courseware · open textbooks |
| Other number | December 9th, 2014 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| URL | http://innovationmemes.blogspot.ca/2010/09/persuading-faculty-to-select-open.html |
| Access date | December 9th, 2014 |
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