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Learning on the Cheap

Learning on the Cheap

This post brought to you by Flat World Knowledge. All opinions are 100% mine.   Why do college textbooks cost so much? Seriously. Even if you buy them used, you still pay an exorbitant amount of money.   New company Flat World Knowledge figures we have open source computer software, so why not open source textbooks? Check this out: Flat World uses a custom system called MIYO where professors and students can access their catalog of e-textbooks and then modify the books for their own use. Using Flat World’s system, you can take any book there and “Make It Your Own,” inserting or removing any text they want right down Read more »