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Faculty should be encouraged to use FREE alternate textbooks or together with instructional designer content can be customized to the course costing the student nothing leading to course completion and student success.
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As the price of college textbooks continues to increase, more students are opting to skip the books even if their grades suffer, a survey conducted by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group has found.
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Sixty-five percent of the students said they were not buying all of their required textbooks because of the books’ cost, and 94 percent of those who didn’t buy the books reported being concerned about how that would affect their grades.
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The research group estimates that each student could save about $100 per class by using open textbooks.
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The College Board estimates that the average student attending a four-year public college will spend $1,200 on books and supplies this year. According to a 2013 study by the Government Accountability Office, textbook prices have increased by 82 percent in a 10-year period, far more than consumer prices.
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The survey found that 82 percent of students said they would have done better in class if they had had free access to the required materials, Mr. Senack said during a conference call with reporters.
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“I assigned the open textbook to half of my class while using a traditional text for the other half. The traditional textbook for my class cost about $180. The open textbook was free online, with the print version costing $32 at the bookstore,” Ms. Duranczyk said.
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“They were happy, and so was I,” Ms. Duranczyk said. ”I could maintain my high standard of quality instruction while having the ability to customize the text to fit my teaching style.”
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Open textbooks are an amazing idea because students can save a lot of money and their grades won’t suffer. They won’t have to worry about how much their grades will be affected because they didn’t want to spend money on a book they will only use for a few months.