The World Wide Textbook

A new project aims to develop low-cost, open-source textbooks for use in the developing world.

Article of Business Week, December 11, 2006.

In the United States, escalating textbook prices are a growing concern for students. But as harsh as the problems of a $100-plus text may seem on local campuses, they pale in comparison with the relative cost of books in developing countries, where a single text can represent a sizable fraction of a family's annual income.

As one way of dealing with the problem, a group of academics from various universities around the world are creating an online resource network of free wiki-style textbooks aimed primarily at universities in developing nations. Set to launch its first book in January, the Global Text Project—which was thought up by a professor, Richard Watson, at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business—will allow academics, company executives, students, and anyone else in the world to contribute their thoughts and insight to its collection of online textbooks. The first two books in the series will be about information systems and business fundamentals...

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