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This site has a list of free textbooks. They are copyrighted, so have usage policies, but they are free and digital: http://oerconsortium.org/copyrighted-digital-textbooks/ Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin Editor for Production, Journal of Geoscience Education On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:46 AM, Dawes, Ralph wrote: > Julie and Others, > There is a big push, for example in California, for “digital > textbooks.” One reason is to save money – they are supposed to be a > lot less expensive than paper textbooks. > > Another reason is to take advantage of the Web for pooling and > sharing human knowledge. Taking it all the way to the open source > end-member, some groups are advocating completely free materials for > learning being made available on the Web. California, its public > schools, its government, and some of its digital entrepreneurs, have > been pushing for and even passing laws for this. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=open-source-textbooks-mixed-bag-california > . This seems mostly directed at high schools, or grades 6-12. > > My question is, has anybody seen a college-level open source > “digital textbook?” One that is free and open access? > > Thank you. > > --Ralph > > > Dr. Ralph Dawes > Earth Sciences > Wenatchee Valley College > 1300 Fifth Street > Wenatchee, WA 98801 > (509) 682-6754 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > >