economics

This is the last in a three-part series on the potential cost savings of OER. In part 1, I established that the cost of print was not a very significant cost savings. (A bit more on that below.) In part

This is a continuation of the discussion of the potential cost savings of OER and an assertion that Texas might save a significant amount of money, possibly as much as $200 million, by adopting “open textbooks.” In the last post,

I’ve been thinking a lot about the potential cost savings of OER in K-12. I know that in these times of state financial crisis, a silver bullet like free textbooks is very appealing. Personally, I think that the educational advantages