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Penn State University's B.Bookx: Open Source Textbook Software Development Tool

Penn State University's B.BooKx is an algorithmic software development tool for educators and students for creating OER/Creative Commons based Open Source Textbooks. Currently undergoing developmental trials, it uses the Wikipedia Database Repository for creating OER/Creative Commons licensed Open Textbooks. BBookx developers hope to eventually add other OER Repositories to it and they are looking for...

Keywords:: OER based Textbooks, K-12 Education, OER Development Tools, eTexts, Digital Algorithmic Textbooks, Open Textbooks, Open Source Textbooks, Open Education, Creative Commons Textbooks, Affordable Student Textbooks

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Academic Support Services / Open Education / Authoring OER

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Material Type:: Development Tool
Date Added to MERLOT:: November 22, 2015
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 16, 2017
Author:: Penn State Unversity's B.Bookx Faculty and Staff, B.Bookx, Penn State University
Submitter:: J.B. Shaw

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: Unknown
Creative Commons:: Unknown