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“Wiley is diving head-first into the growing business of online education. The Hoboken, N.J.-based educational and professional publisher is launching DigitalClassroom.com today, a new e-learning website focused on technology. The website offers 2,500 video tutorials and access to 50 ebooks on the latest software, operating systems, Web design, Web development, graphic design and more. Access to the site is by subscription, which will cost users $20 a month; it’s being offered at a lower introductory rate for a one-year subscription, $10 a month.” (via Digital Book World)

“John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today its new membership of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA). OASPA represents the interests of open access journal publishers globally in all scientific, technical and scholarly disciplines and enables exchange of information, setting standards, advancing models, advocacy, education, and the promotion of innovation. “We are pleased to become members of OASPA,” said Rachel Burley, Vice President & Director, Open Access, Wiley. “We support the OASPA’s goals of sharing knowledge and best practice, and developing sustainable OA publishing models.”

via Wiley Press Release

“John Wiley & Sons, Inc., announced today that its open access option for individual journal articles, OnlineOpen, will be available to authors in 81% of the journals it publishes. OnlineOpen gives authors the option to publish an open access paper in their journal of choice where it will benefit from maximum impact. “Wiley is committed to expanding its range of publishing options for authors,” said Rachel Burley, Vice President & Director, Open Access, Wiley. “With this significant expansion of OnlineOpen we are enabling authors who choose to publish under the open access model to select from a much broader range of publications which are well established and highly valued in their field.”

via Wiley