Green Options » Free World Knowledge http://greenoptions.com/tag/free-world-knowledge Posts tagged 'Free World Knowledge' Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eco-Libris: Open Source and Free Online Textbooks - Is this the Future of Textbooks? http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/26/eco-libris-open-source-and-free-online-textbooks-is-this-the-future-of-textbooks/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/26/eco-libris-open-source-and-free-online-textbooks-is-this-the-future-of-textbooks/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:31:55 +0000 Raz Godelnik http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/26/eco-libris-open-source-and-free-online-textbooks-is-this-the-future-of-textbooks/ This post was originally published on Eco-Libris blog on August 22.

Last week we wrote here about our partner Chegg and their renting textbooks’ model. This is a great model and it’s an example of the innovative thinking that tries to find an alternative to the current expensive (average of USD 1,000 per year in the US), not environmental friendly and irritating textbook system.

And this search has generated another great idea which has a good chance to influence the future of the textbook industry: open source free online textbooks. This innovative concept comes from Flat World Knowledge (thanks to Springwise for the update!)

How does it work exactly? Flat World Knowledge explains on their website

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