The OER Knowledge Cloud makes use of cookies. By continuing, you consent to this use. More information.
A big publisher embraces OER
McKenzie, Lindsay

Published10 October 2017
PublisherInside Higher Ed
CountryUnited States, North America

Keywords Cengage · OER · open as a brand

RefereedDoes not apply
URLhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/10/cengage-offers-new-oer-based-product-general-education-courses
Access date2018
Export optionsBibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar


Viewed by 208 distinct readers




CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.

Click a star to be the first to rate this document


POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS

Open access from a publisher's perspective
Wise, Alicia; Kaspar, Wendi Arant; vanDuinkerken, Wyoma
Match: publisher

Donor funded Open Educational Resources: Making the case
Valentino, Maura L.
– This paper aims to explain the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) and how libraries can make a good case to donors to fund these types of projects. – The literature reveals that donors have been willing ...
Match: OER; United States

A qualitative investigation of faculty Open Educational Resource usage in the Washington Community and Technical College System: Models for support and implementation
Chae, Boyoung; Jenkins, Mark; Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
This report is based on interviews with 60 faculty in Washington’s community and technical college system which was built upon a previous state-wide survey with 770 faculty. Faculty were queried about: * how and ...
Match: OER; United States

Uncovering the black box effect of Open Educational Resources (OER) and practices (OEP): a meta-analysis and meta-synthesis from the perspective of activity theory
Tlili, Ahmed; Zhang, Xiangling; Lampropoulos, Georgios; Salha, Soheil; et al.
Conflicting results exist in the literature on whether Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) can improve learning performance. Additionally, limited studies, in this context, have ...
Match: OER; United States

Business models for online education and open educational resources
Okoli, Chitu; Wang, Ning
This project aims to determine the key stakeholders, goals and existing business models for online education and open educational resources (OER) by focusing on three major research questions: • Who are the key ...
Match: OER; United States

#OPEN TEXTBOOK Tweet
Fitzpatrick, Sharyn
Educators and faculty members discover how to drive awareness and adoption of open textbooks at their own colleges. In an easy, accessible, readable style that has become the hallmark of THINKaha books, #OPEN TEXTBOOK ...
Match: OER; United States

College textbooks made more accessible through Netflix-like subscription
Roddy, Kate
Through a new subscription service, students are given unlimited access to over 20,000 online resources.
Match: Cengage; OER; United States; North America

Europe embraces MOOCs - A prospective analysis on the way ahead
Teixeira, Antonio; Jansen, Darco; Ubachs, George; Konings, Lizzie
Overview of papers on enhancement of European Higher Education as presented during the Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference in Rome, October 2016 In this contribution we demonstrate that the uptake of ...
Match: embraces

Ten years of open practice: a reflection on the impact of OpenLearn
Law, Patrina; Jelfs, Anne
The Open University (OU) makes a proportion of all its taught modules available to the public via OpenLearn each year. This process involves the modification, of module excerpts, showcasing subject matter and teaching ...
Match: OER

Higher education faculty perceptions of open textbook adoption
Jung, Eulho; Bauer, Christine; Heaps, Allan
The high cost of tuition and textbooks can have a negative impact on potential students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Open Educational Resources (OER) offers students a way to save educational costs while ...
Match: OER