<div><div dir="auto">Karen, I don’t have the figures at my fingertips, but I know that the Creative Commons organization that is helping to lead the way to replace textbooks with free Open Educational Resources (OER) has provided those amounts.  Google OER and college textbook costs and you might find a link or two.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:18 AM Karlen Communications <<a href="mailto:info@karlencommunications.com">info@karlencommunications.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-3758291329398620275WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864">Hi Everyone:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864">Does anyone know of a site that identifies the amount spent on textbooks for those in higher education/colleges/universities?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864">I know the Access Board cited that in the US academic institutions spend $79 Billion with a B for LMS’s per year. I need to have a figure for textbooks.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864">If anyone can break down the amount for LMS’s to higher education, that would be great as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#1f3864">Cheers, Karen<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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