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.
[3] 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.