Monday, January 2, 2017

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: --- ---
ISBN: 9783319263793 9783319263809 Year: Pages: 190 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education



The Dream Is Over: The Crisis of Clark Kerr’s California Idea of Higher Education
Author:
ISBN: 9780520292840 9780520966208 Year: Pages: 260 Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Education



Open Education: International Perspectives in Higher Education
Author:
ISBN: 9781783742783/9781783742806 Year: 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: --- --- ---
ISBN: 9783319080536 9783319080543 Year: Pages: 226 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education


Knowledge Production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education
Authors: --- ---
Book Series: African Higher Education Dynamics Series ISBN: 9781920677855 Year: Volume: 1 Pages: 310 Language: English
Publisher: African Minds
Subject: Education


Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and Emerging Opportunities
Authors: --- --- ---
ISBN: 9783319131344 9783319131351 Year: Pages: 307 Language: English
Publisher: Springer
Subject: Education



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