The Economic Case for Creative Commons textbooks

Fred Beshears, Senior Strategist within the Educational Technology Services department at Berkeley, University of California has written a convincing article on the economic case for ‘creative commons textbooks’.

The gist of the article is as follows:
“According to a recent survey, University of California students now spend 40 percent more on textbooks than they did six years ago. We argue that colleges and universities may be able to significantly reduce these costs by creating a coalition for the acquisition and distribution of electronic textbooks.”