Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge

dc.creator	John Hilton III
dc.creator	David Wiley
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:08:03Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:08:03Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f17ec7aa62914144b8445dd6c593ce0d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11696
dc.description	Many college students and their families are concerned about the high costs of textbooks. A company called Flat World Knowledge both gives away and sells open-source textbooks in a way it believes to be financially sustainable. This article reports on the financial sustainability of the Flat World Knowledge open-source textbook model after one year of operation.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/960/1860
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 5 (2011)
dc.subject	Open educational resources
dc.subject	open textbooks
dc.subject	electronic textbooks
dc.subject	open access
dc.subject	sustainability
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Open-Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge
dc.type	article