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March 7, 2013 11:00 pm GMT
Our education system is broken, from lower-level public schools all the way up to higher learning. EdTech startups are coming at the numerous problems from every angle. Boundless, a startup out of Boston, is aiming to offer an open alternative to the college textbook. But major publishers like Pearson Education, Cengage Learning, and Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group aren't so thrilled with the thousands of beta testers across 2,000 universities in the U.S. enjoying Boundless's free and open alternatives. Students using the beta product rated the Boundless platform 50 percent higher than physical textbooks, and the average grade for users was a B+, with 80 percent saying they received grades they wanted or higher.
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The Boundless Open Textbook Initiative Has Evolved But Its Future Is Marred By Lawsuits
Our education system is broken, from lower-level public schools all the way up to higher learning. EdTech startups are coming at the numerous problems from every angle. Boundless, a startup out of Boston, is aiming to offer an open alternative to the college textbook. But major publishers like Pearson Education, Cengage Learning, and Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group aren't so thrilled with the thousands of beta testers across 2,000 universities in the U.S. enjoying Boundless's free and open alternatives. Students using the beta product rated the Boundless platform 50 percent higher than physical textbooks, and the average grade for users was a B+, with 80 percent saying they received grades they wanted or higher.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/rSKMJbr2chQ/
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