Textbook prices routinely cause sticker shock. Over the last
decade, they have risen more steeply than the inflation rate and,
in last year, the average textbook cost a student $62.97 While
estimating the cost of a college education, today's college student
needs to factor in several thousand dollars just for textbooks.
Debate rages over the astronomical prices of college textbooks,
and includes scrutiny of the practices of the textbook publishing
industry. Powerful initiatives, including legislative solutions,
have been proposed. In fact, the State of Maryland even passed the
College Textbook Competition and Affordability Act of 2009. Some of
the strongest movements to make textbooks accessible and affordable
are open textbook initiatives, such as the Open Textbooks and
Community College Consortium at http:
//collegeopentextbooks.org.
An open textbook is one that is accessible to all. Not only is
it freely available for use but educators can modify, localize or
update it to suit the particular needs of their students. The ease
of access and customization of open textbooks has spurred
tremendous interest among professors and educationists and the
demand for affordable, up-to-date textbooks is changing the
landscape of how learning content is being delivered. This in turn
has fueled a growing trend for open textbook adoption. Through
appropriate licensing deals, authors can now offer content that
remains current and can be remixed or shared, and thereby extend
the reach of their textbooks to a wider, newer, more empowered
audience.
In '#OPEN TEXTBOOK tweet Book01, ' written in the popular tweet
format, "Sharyn Fitzpatrick," shares with you the value of open
textbooks and shows authors how to benefit from the growing demand
for them. Best practices on why and how open textbooks should be
adopted for today's classrooms are covered. Educators and faculty
members will discover how to drive awareness and adoption of open
textbooks at their own colleges. In the easy, accessible, readable
style that has become the hallmark of THINKaha books, '#OPEN
TEXTBOOK tweet Book01' shows authors and educators how they can
participate in this win-win effort and seize this opportunity to
contribute positively towards ensuring open, affordable college
learning for all.
'#OPEN TEXTBOOKS tweet Book01' is part of the THINKaha series
whose 100-page books contain 140 well-thought-out quotes
(tweets/ahas).
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