BBC News and Slashdot are reporting that California is adopting online textbooks statewide. The move is due to California’s budget shortfall and hopes to save some of the $350 million spent on textbooks last year. Note that this decision does not automatically mean open textbooks. From the BBC News article:
From the beginning of the next school year in August, maths and science students in California’s high schools will have access to online texts that have passed an academic standards review.
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