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Bill Gates talks "free education" | opensource.com
One point here needs to be emphasized, though. When Bill Gates talks about online education, he says this:
"Great courses online that you can use for free."
There is a huge and vitally important difference between those words, and these words:
"Great courses online that are free."
Open Textbook bill | opensource.com
What could be more fascinating than watching a high school dropout explain how open textbooks, sponsored by the US Government, might be used a tool of the administration to rebuild America's credibility with the world?
The belief in the potential of the open textbook model runs deep in Washington right now, and the clearest indicator of that belief is probably Bill S. 1714: Open College Textbook Act of 2009.
Tomorrow, Apple is probably unveiling a "tablet." My suspicion is that it will target education slash textbooks, and my further suspicion is that that targeting will be largely incompatible with the aims of this article and bill.
