Monday, July 14, 2008

Welcome to AllOpenTextBooks: Students Want a Break from Publishers; Students Can't Afford Soaring Textbooks Cost

What are Opentextbooks?

They are free textbooks available online. Users download them, customize and print them as needed. Professors can change some of the content to fit the needs of their classrooms. Some opentextbooks authors allow others to print on demand. For sure, opentextbooks authors are trying to control the way books are sold. Flat World Knowledge and maketextbooksaffordable.org are pushing publishers to give a break to students. Very prominent teachers are joining them. We have the examples of Rob Beezer and Bob Stewart who have been participating in OpenTextbooks.

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