The Future of Education: Online (and Free/Open) College Textbooks
Date & Time: September 18 at 10 a.m. EDT (11:00 a.m. Suriname time) Everyone who has been to college knows that textbooks are very expensive. Flat World Knowledge is a revolutionary company that is trying a new approach to college textbooks. 
Students can access the books for free or purchase alternatives — from print-on-demand versions of the books to audio versions to downloadable versions and more — at a fraction of the cost of traditional textbooks. Books are not only free, but also openly licensed so people can modify them as needed. This has real significance for other countries where users may wish to adapt and localize and/or translate content.
Flat World Knowledge backs its textbooks with an online social learning platform that allows students to learn from each other as well as from the textbooks.
Our guest for this chat will be the founder of Flat World Knowledge, Eric Frank.
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