[ctdonath2]

Friendly reminder / PSA:

ALL of MIT’s courses are available for FREE at http://ocw.mit.edu
If you want the _education_ it’s available at no cost. Diploma & personal classroom attention is extra.
More universities are doing this now.

[Sisku Hanne]

I had only recently read about universities adopting an open courseware model. Thank you so much for the link!
My first reaction to this article is that it's designed to discourage creating new editions that consist of fixing a minor typo or replacing a case study. Unless the professor is completely reliant on students doing the case studies and exercises, it's usually not a problem to get a prior edition (or international edition) online for much cheaper. As opencourseware, online education and ebooks become more prevalent, I think there will be a natural decline in print textbook costs. I see this as unnecessary legislation with good intentions that has the possibility of being exploited.
Throwing in my recommendations: Grove City College in PA, and Amberton University, TX, as a good online option.