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Global Text
The Global Text Project (GTP) is a not for profit organization dedicated to the creation, translation, and distribution of free open content textbooks over the Internet. It is an Open educational resources project focusing on reaching university students mainly in developing countries, where textbooks are often expensive and not affordable.
Textbooks are necessary and crucial for higher education, but they are becoming increasingly expensive, even in the United States. Between 1998 and 2014 textbook prices increased by 161 percent..〔(Triaging Textbook Costs ) Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2015-08-16〕 And since 1977, textbook prices in the country have risen 1,041 percent, more than triple the overall rate of U.S. inflation.〔(College Textbook Prices Have Risen 1,041 Percent Since 1977 ) NBC News. Retrieved 2015-08-16〕 Two major reasons that could be affecting textbook prices are the constant publication of new editions, and extra material bundled into the textbooks.〔(The Investigation into the Rising Cost of Textbooks ) Scholarly Publishing Office University of Michigan Library. Retrieved 2015-08-17〕
== History ==
The Global Text Project was initiated in 2006 by Professors Don McCubbrey of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and Rick Watson of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. In 2007 the organization received funding from the Jacobs Foundation of Switzerland to move forward with a pilot test of the project.
The project’s original intention was to share open-content textbooks in English, Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish freely via the Global Text website. Currently, the website has over 100 textbooks primarily available in English, but many in Spanish and Chinese as well. Translations are also underway into Arabic and Dari.
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