Open Source Textbooks
Bob Brown reports a Brigham Young University study indicating that open source textbooks may improve course completion rates.
The study by Fischer, Hilton, Robinson and Wiley (2015) observed a student population of 15,727 students at ten universities, of whom 4,909 used open source materials. There were few disadvantages from using open source materials.
-DD
Labels: Academic persistence, Course completion, Free textbooks, open source
posted by David Dial | 10:38 PM
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