Some Recent Open Access Books on Higher Education

The Directory of Open Access Books (as mentioned in The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics) indexes several thousand scholarly books. As with DOAJ for journals, this is useful if you are looking for readings for a course and you want students to be easily able to obtain them. Not only can the students access the papers without having to worry about paying a fee, but they also tend to be in formats which are easier to read. In many cases, book chapters are available as separate downloads, so a students does not have to get the entire book, just for the few pages you want them to read. Interestingly, unlike the journal papers, which tend to be in open access journals produced by non-profit groups, there are open access books from conventional for-profit publishers (who also sell paper, and in some cases electronic, copies of the same free books).

A search for book on Higher Education returned 48, of which here are a few recent ones which look interesting:

Becoming a World-Class University: The case of King Abdulaziz University

Authors: Osama Tayeb --- Adnan Zahed --- Jozef Ritzen
ISBN: 9783319263793 9783319263809 Year: 2016 Pages: 190 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education

The Dream Is Over: The Crisis of Clark Kerr’s California Idea of Higher Education

Author: Marginson ,Simon
ISBN: 9780520292840 9780520966208 Year: 2016 Pages: 260 Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Education

Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education

Author: Blessinger , Patrick (Editor); Bliss, TJ (Editor)
ISBN: 9781783742783/9781783742806 Year: 2016 Volume: 1 Pages: 378 Language: English
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
Subject: Education

Higher Education Reforms in Romania: Between the Bologna Process and National Challenges

Authors: Adrian Curaj --- Ligia Deca --- Eva Egron-Polak --- Jamil Salmi
ISBN: 9783319080536 9783319080543 Year: 2015 Pages: 226 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education

Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education

Authors: Nico Cloete --- Peter Maassen --- Tracy Bailey
Book Series: African Higher Education Dynamics Series ISBN: 9781920677855 Year: 2015 Volume: 1 Pages: 310 Language: English
Publisher: African Minds
Subject: Education

Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and Emerging Opportunities

Authors: Adrian Curaj --- Luke Georghiou --- Jennifer Casenga Harper --- Eva Egron-Polak
ISBN: 9783319131344 9783319131351 Year: 2015 Pages: 307 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education

Talent Development in European Higher Education: Honors Programs in the Benelux, Nordic and German-Speaking Countries

Author: Dr. Marca V.C. Wolfensberger
ISBN: 9783319129181 9783319129198 Year: 2015 Pages: 335 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education