The California Open Source Textbook Project (COSTP) was founded in 2000 by Sanford Forte, a former college textbook publishing executive. COSTP was a not-for-profit, collaborative, public/private ...

Half-semester courses start this week, and for students picking up a class, that means it’s time to buy textbooks again. For ...

The University is transitioning to open source materials as part of a push to ease the burden of high textbook costs many students face. Some professors have started providing free class materials in ...

The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip.

For many working with Open Source, good ideas or cool projects aren't the limiting factor. Time is. But there are a lot of different people out there with various levels of experience and background.

Northern Essex Community College is partnering with Framingham State University to develop free course materials and ...

Open-source models, in particular, are playing a pivotal role in this democratization ... The Falcon 2 models were trained on over 5 trillion tokens from the enhanced RefinedWeb dataset, which ...

The grant will help FSU develop open source textbooks for popular general education courses. Here's what other colleges are involved.

The open source CMS world is grappling with a public battle between WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, a hosting provider. As a result, sources tell CMSWire that businesses are ...