Watch the video "What is Open Access?" from PHD Comics.
The profit margin of Springer, a huge academic publisher, was about 7 times higher than Wal-Mart in 2008.
Learn more here (The Right to Research Coalition)
Science's Special Issue, Oct. 4, 2013: Communication in Science: Pressures and Predators
Use the Directory of Open Access Journals to find a title in your field and check on OA policies.
Watch Jack Andraka explain how Open Access to research allowed him to discover breakthrough diagnostic for pancreatic cancer.