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Accessing the material is becoming less and less of a problem, for all the reasons already stated - piracy, international editions, OER, etc. The real issue is
by pitaa 9y ago
Accessing the material is becoming less and less of a problem, for all the reasons already stated - piracy, international editions, OER, etc. The real issue is that the textbook publishers know this and are pushing more and more access codes so it doesn't matter where you get the book, you still have to shell out $100 to be able to submit homework. I still haven't seen a good solution for this issue.
- dingo_bat 9y agoWhy would you need a textbook code to submit homework? As long as I can read the text of the book (that I pirated), why can't I solve the homework and submit it to my school?
- ThrustVectoring 9y agoThey're selling automatic grading systems to professors and administrators as well.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoCan I just buy an automated professor and administrator?
- Something1234 9y agoMyStatLab. $110 just to submit homework I already paid for. I don't get to keep any of it either. I just have my class notes which were never that good.
- dingo_bat 9y agoPretty ridiculous.
- pitaa 9y agoSome classes don't accept paper homework these days, everything is completed online- The textbook publishers have started selling access codes to online homework websites. So s physics professor might decide to use "MasteringPhysics" for all the homework in their class, so every student has to pay ~$100 for a access code (subscription) to that website. The professors that use these systems like them because they don't have to grade anything. The departments like them because they don't have to pay graders and can have bigger classes. An the publishers LOVE them because students have no choice but to pay.
- dingo_bat 9y agoThis is making me sick. Seriously horrible.