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Richard Baraniuk: Goodbye, textbooks; hello, open-source learning 
Richard Baraniuk discusses Connexions from Rice University, where individuals can create open source textbooks and modules that can be repurposed and reused.
http://brainandlearning.blogspot.com/2008/03/richard-ba
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Embeddable Google Books
Google has made it easy to embed in a site any book available with Google Book Search.
http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/09/embeddable-goo
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Free digital texts begin to challenge costly college textbooks in California
Examples of open source college textbooks.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-textbook18-2008
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Using Moodle 2nd Edition
The second edition of the "Using Moodle" text.
http://issuu.com/iusher/docs/usingmoodle2?mode=embed&am
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Textbook Piracy Grows Online, Prompting a Counterattack From Publishers - Chronicle.com
Like illegal music and video downloads, textbooks can also be downloaded in torrents. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
http://chronicle.com/free/2008/07/3623n.htm
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Flat World Knowledge
Scheduled to open January 2009, Flat World Knowledge offers free textbooks and other content materials, created by experts.
http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/minisite/
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