Coursera partners with publishers to bring digital textbooks FREE to the masses - Christina Farr, VB/Entrepreneur

Coursera, the online course provider, is one of the fastest-growing startups that is transforming how we learn. Today, the company announced a partnership with a fellow ed-tech startup, Chegg, and is striking deals with the largest publishers. The goal is to make it easier for students of online courses to access relevant academic content on the web. Large publishing companies, including Cengage Learning, Macmillan Higher Education, Oxford University Press, SAGE, and Wiley will experiment with offering Coursera students versions of their digital textbooks, delivered via Chegg’s e-Reader. Students won’t be charged to access these materials while they’re enrolled on a course. http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/08/coursera-partners-with-publishers-to-bring-digital-textbooks-to-the-masses/