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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California: Scientific American

Open-Source Textbooks a Mixed Bag in California: Scientific American: "As California moves forward with the first open-source digital textbook program in the nation this fall, the best content seems a lot less like Wikipedia and a lot more like traditional publishing.

Bulky, hefty and downright expensive, conventional school textbooks may rank as the most outdated"