Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Pearson will now offer eBooks at an average cost of $40. And with the planned decrease in printing, it definitely expects to save more by reducing costs for warehousing of large amounts of inventory. Publishers can reduce their overall production costs by decreasing the warehouse, transport, printing expenses.

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Kitaboo

JANUARY 19, 2024

The rise of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and freely accessible online learning materials provides cost-effective alternatives to traditional textbooks and thus serves a broader student demographic, including those seeking continuous learning beyond formal degrees.

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Tony Karrer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Big publishers are having problems as the cost of distribution goes towards zero and as that brings along a ton of competition from the low end. that have paid, professional editors, writers are better quality than alternatives for the specific content that they cover. Total cost: zero. is facing the same thing.

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KnowledgeOne

JANUARY 13, 2022

The rush to move online and implement technologies that not everybody was comfortable with or solutions that were not tested enough to ensure a problem-free implementation created many barriers in providing a smooth alternative to the traditional way of teaching.

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Tony Karrer

JANUARY 18, 2010

Yet, there will be lots of eLearning solutions aiming at these alternative platforms. Essentially telling the CEO – we’ll produce more and better quality – but it’s not going to cost any more. For a lot of training offerings they will look to keep costs very low – build it fast and inexpensively.

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Hurix Digital

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

What Are Open Educational Resources (OER)? Open educational resources or OER are teaching, research, and learning resources that are available in the public domain for free use. OER carries the GNU or Creative Commons license that permits them to be revised, repurposed, remixed, and redistributed at no cost to the user.

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Kitaboo

APRIL 2, 2019

The overall cost of higher education has been continuously increasing, as is evident by the rise in the textbook prices. It seemed only logical and feasible for students to use these alternative options, than pay for heavily priced new textbooks. Over the past 30-40 years, textbook prices have increased by more than 1000%. a semester.

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eLearning Learning Posts

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO. Three reasons why I hesitate - Ignatia Webs , September 22, 2010 Unesco is inviting us to jointly discuss OER, so if you are interested, let yourself be heard! concerning OER. Learning is, I think, a highly creative activity. Results of the Experiment.

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eLearning Learning Posts

MARCH 16, 2010

Nine Information Alternatives to the Now Defunct Training Magazine - Kapp Notes , March 2, 2010 Unfortunately, Training Magazine is folding up shop on its web site, print magazine and conferences. Customers are turning to lower-cost, third-party providers. March 1, 2010 to March 14, 2010. March is off to a great start! March 4, 2010.

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Kitaboo

MARCH 26, 2024

In this blog, we’ll be discussing higher education textbook trends of 2024, as well as exploring the impact of digital textbooks and open educational resources (OER) on higher education and the future they promise. The Impact of Digital Textbooks Deeper Learning Experiences Lower Costs Sustainability and Scalability II.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

Finally, alternatives to prominent MOOCs GEORGE SIEMENS | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012. MOOCs , OER University, Stanford AI. think they’ll probably need it in a few years, when MOOCs turn into MOCs, though at something less than the current cost of tuition.” This model of change is relevant in education today.

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Tony Karrer

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

link] December 3-14, 2012 Open Content Licensing for Educators (#OCL4Ed), organized by the OER Foundation, offered online. link] April 16-19, 2013 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care : Improving Quality, Reducing Cost, Saving Lives, London, UK. Louis, Missouri, USA. Louis, Missouri, USA.

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