More realistically is the OER model mentioned in the article. (I wish they would just call it open source or creative commons licensed but anyway...) People in

More realistically is the OER model mentioned in the article. (I wish they would just call it open source or creative commons licensed but anyway...) People in our department took the time this summer to revise an existing OER text and add a couple original chapters to it. Now our students can have an electronic version of the book for free (or they can get a print copy for something like $17 from the campus copy shop). Plus the people in our department were able to talk the university into paying them a small bit of money to write it too!