The world's first open textbooks released in the same month but on different continents

Poland and Canada release the first open textbooks under Creative Commons licenses. Canada's peer-reviewed open textbooks now online.
In 2012, British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education (Canada) announced plans to create open textbook for the 40 most popular (highest enrolment) courses in first and second year of the post-secondary education system. The first textbooks are now available online. See more...