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University of the People (UoP) is the world's first tuition-free, online academic institution and will open its virtual doors in April 2009.

We preserve the best of the old - books by leading experts that are rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards. Then we flip it all on its head. Our books are free online. We offer convenient, low-cost choices for students - print, audio, by-the-chapter, and more. Our books are open for instructors to mix, mash, and make their own. Our books are the hub of a social learning network where students learn from the book and each other.

initiative that will launch in 2009

We are going to have to seize on the current crisis to make transformative change and conjure up new institutions - or least new learning paradigms. One of our core values must be to seize these "new ways of sharing ideas or organizing human life," to be compulsive sharers and utilize these tools and our learning networks to transform our schools, our communities and our world.

blogpost about business, revenue models and sustainability of Open Educational Resources.

open educational resources sessions