Exactly. The contentions that a) live lectures are crucial for the interactive element b) the best, modern textbooks are necessary for acceptable education s

Exactly. The contentions that a) live lectures are crucial for the interactive element b) the best, modern textbooks are necessary for acceptable education sound reasonable but don't stand up to much scrutiny. > Perhaps instead educators could band together to produce open source textbooks. You would think there'd be more interest in 'spend once, solve forever' initiatives like that.