- CourseSmart
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CourseSmart, a privately held company headquartered in San Mateo, California, is a provider of eTextbooks and digital course materials. CourseSmart was founded in 2007 by publishers in higher education including Pearson, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill Education, Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group (Macmillan) and John Wiley & Sons.[1]
The CourseSmart catalog includes more than 20,000 eTextbooks, representing 90% of the core textbooks currently in use in North American Higher Education, as well as an online catalog of eResources and other digital course materials. Available in online or offline formats, CourseSmart eTextbooks provide savings off the price of new print textbooks and gives students, faculty, partners and institutions a new way to find and access course materials.[2] Students and instructors have anytime, anywhere access to their required course materials from any Web browser and on many mobile devices (including the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch).
In August 2009, CourseSmart was the first in the industry to develop and launch an iPhone app,[3] followed by the industry’s first app for the iPad, which launched in the fall of 2010.[4] Additionally in April 2011, CourseSmart launched the first eTextbook app for Android devices.[5] CourseSmart provides access to its eTextbooks from any computer or Web-enabled device.[6]
According to a recent comparison from Campusbooks, CourseSmart was found to have 80% of the 1,000 most popular textbooks for fall 2011 available – the highest percentage when compared to six other leading providers.[7] CourseSmart is also certified by TRUSTe, an Internet privacy service provider.[8]
References
- ^ CourseSmart Overview
- ^ CourseSmart Expands Executive Team to Increase Institutional and Distribution Partnerships and Establish a Global Presence
- ^ eTextbooks for College Students Now Available on App Store
- ^ Downloads for CourseSmart's New 'eTextbooks for the iPad' App Increase More than Fivefold
- ^ CourseSmart Launches E-Textbook App for Android
- ^ Hot New Market: Electronic Textbooks
- ^ Exclusive: What Electronic Textbook Provider Has The Biggest Library?
- ^ CourseSmart Brings Textbooks to Android
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Categories:- Education companies
- Companies based in San Mateo, California
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