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Joe ChiappaJoe Chiappa Hello, my name is Joe Chiappa. I am an Educator, Problem Solver and Technologist. Over my career as a Higher Education Administrator and Teacher, I have made it a goal to help people better utilize technology to improve the way they work and live. Feel free to look over my posts and contact me if you have any questions.

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Very interesting, given how schools are choosing to deal with the call to keep textbook costs down. infoneer-pulse: The Demise of the $200 Textbook Our philosophy and Flat World’s disruptive business model is based on the idea of abundance, not scarcity. Abundance makes information and knowledge available to whoever wants it. Scarcity restricts access by charging a high price. We sign top scholars to write innovative textbooks and use an industry-tested product development model to ensure high-quality. We then turn the traditional publishing model on its head. Flat World textbooks are published under an open license, which anyone worldwide can access free online, with no restrictions. Educators have the freedom to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute a Flat World book they adopt—the four Rs of open—at no cost so long as they attribute the author and publisher and don’t engage in commercial activity. We generate revenue around our free, web-hosted textbooks by selling affordable formats, such as print-on-demand, audio, and handheld reader versions for about $30. » via GOOD

Very interesting, given how schools are choosing to deal with the call to keep textbook costs down.

infoneer-pulse:

The Demise of the $200 Textbook

Our philosophy and Flat World’s disruptive business model is based on the idea of abundance, not scarcity. Abundance makes information and knowledge available to whoever wants it. Scarcity restricts access by charging a high price.

We sign top scholars to write innovative textbooks and use an industry-tested product development model to ensure high-quality. We then turn the traditional publishing model on its head. Flat World textbooks are published under an open license, which anyone worldwide can access free online, with no restrictions. Educators have the freedom to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute a Flat World book they adopt—the four Rs of open—at no cost so long as they attribute the author and publisher and don’t engage in commercial activity. We generate revenue around our free, web-hosted textbooks by selling affordable formats, such as print-on-demand, audio, and handheld reader versions for about $30.

» via GOOD

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