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OCW People’s Choice Award: Most Open! - College Open Textbooks
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Education-Portal.com just announced the winners of their first annual OCW People’s Choice Awards, which honor the best of the Open Education Movement. Over 4000 people voted for their best educational resources in this inaugural contest.
College Open Textbooks was recognized as the…
ContinueAdded by Sharyn Fitzpatrick on August 22, 2011 at 2:22pm — No Comments
Peer-reviewers needed
Currently need peer-reviewers for five open textbooks in-process. Textbooks are community college level and will be placed in Rice University’s Connexions Open Textbook repository. Stipend is $250 per book so this is a labor of an altrustic nature supporting open textbooks. Period of performance is August – October/November 2011. Reviewers will receive chapters as they are completed by the publisher. Review criteria is at…
ContinueAdded by Bill Buxton on August 12, 2011 at 12:51pm — 1 Comment
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