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Flat World Knowledge is a publisher of college-level open textbooks and educational supplements[1] founded in 2007 by Eric Frank and Jeff Shelstad.[2] Its company headquarters are in Irvington, New York.[3] Flat World Knowledge utilizes standard higher education publishing author acquisition, peer-review, and creative processes. The company originally offered every textbook published for free using online delivery under the open content paradigm,[4][5] but in November 2012, the company announced that it will no longer offer a free version citing financial concerns as the reason for the change.[6] Educator teaching supplements and materials consistent with industry norms are available at no charge.[7][8]
Flat World Knowledge publishes their books under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Share-Alike license.[9] Flat World Knowledge is the first commercial publisher of open textbooks.[10][11][12][13] The company plans to publish open textbooks for the 125 most enrolled in college courses by 2014.."
"... Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future is UNESCO’s response to that challenge, and a major contribution to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, September 2002). By making the programme available as both a web site and a CDROM, UNESCO hopes to reach as many teachers as possible across the world. The programme can be used as it is, or adapted to local, national or regional needs. Many translations and adaptations are already foreseen...."
" ... We create our textbooks by finding the best content from open educational libraries, government resources, and other free learning sites. We tie it all together with our proprietary process, resulting in great textbooks at the greatest price—free! With Boundless, you can be confident you're getting the best content for your students...."
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YouTube Education (brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom. On YouTube EDU, you have access to a broad set of educational videos that range from academic lectures to inspirational speeches and everything in between. Come here for quick lessons from top teachers around the world, course lectures from top-tier universities, or inspiring videos to spark your imagination. )
BIE (Buck Institute for Education)
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. More
Just like Wikipedia, you can contribute new information or corrections to the catalog. You can browse by subject, author or lists members have created. If you love books, why not help build a library?
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. We have received several excellence awards for our web site.
Each of SSRN's networks encourages the early distribution of research results by distributing Submitted abstracts and by soliciting abstracts of top quality research papers around the world. We now have hundreds of journals, publishers, and institutions in Partners in Publishingthat provide working papers for distribution through SSRN's eLibrary and abstracts for publication in SSRN's electronic journals.
The SSRN eLibrary consists of two parts: an Abstract Database containing abstracts on over 521,000 scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers and an Electronic Paper Collection currently containing over 426,600 downloadable full text documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format. The eLibrary also includes the research papers of a number of Fee Based Partner Publications.
The Networks encourage readers to communicate directly with authors and other subscribers concerning their own and others' research. To facilitate this we publish detailed author contact information including email addresses for authors of each paper. We also provide electronic delivery of the papers when authors wish us to do so from the SSRN eLibrary. You may also Browse the SSRN eLibrary, view our current Top Papers or search the electronic library for papers by Title, Author, orJournal/Topic.
Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup
OER, a part of the global open content movement, are shared teaching, learning, and research resources available under legally recognized open licenses—free for people to reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. Why are OER important? High-quality OER can save teachers significant time and effort on resource development and advance student learning inside and outside the classroom. Further, open sharing of resources has the potential to fuel collaboration, encourage the improvement of available materials, and aid in the dissemination of best practices. For more about the potential of OER, check out "Five-Minute Film Festival: Why Open Education Matters," by Edutopia's VideoAmy.
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