Briefly: Education

Big Savings for U.S. Students in Open-Source Book Program

Published: February 12, 2012
Students worried about the rising cost of college textbooks are about to get a break. Connexions, an initiative at Rice University in Houston devoted to producing textbooks using open-source materials, will produce free textbooks for five of the most-attended subjects in American colleges.

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