Although this is not the first time open source textbooks have been attempted, this is a major university working in tandem with a 3rd party, and the texts are peer reviewed.
It's a new approach to an old problem, hopefully it will work this time. Who knows what opensource actually means in this context, other than free to read on the web, but I would bet these texts appear on the iPad and Android tablets quickly.
Hopefully between Apple and Rice some real market disruption can start taking place.
Read more: Rice University announces open-source textbooks | Inside Higher Ed
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