Open-access textbooks and financial sustainability: A case study on flat world knowledge

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 17-24

  Hilton, John ^a   Wiley, David ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic textbooks; Flat world knowledge; Open access; Open educational resources; Open textbooks; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960755525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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