Online education resources gain footing in colleges via open textbooks. Recent surveys by the National Association of College Stores suggest annual student spending on course materials is decreasing with the emergence of alternatives to retail, from textbook sharing and rentals to e-books and online resources.
Click through the gallery to find find out how students are getting around paying top dollar for course materials. Students can generally rent a textbook for between 33% and 55% of the cost of a new printed text, according to the NACS. Most college bookstores offer a service through which students can rent course materials and return them at the end of the year. Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a handful of online platforms also offer the service. Releases photos under a Creative Commons licence. Licences specify the terms and conditions under which things can be used.
All too frequently in everyday life we come across restrictive licences that actually seem to discourage usage, disallowing copying or sharing. But a whole other family of free licences aim to encourage use and sharing, asking simply for proper recognition and reciprocal behaviour in return. Since its inception, CERN has used the web to share multimedia material openly. To signal clearly that we wanted people to use our photos and videos we crafted a pioneering free media licence. Oer september16presentation final. Open Textbooks.