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&lt;!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; direction: ltr; color: #000000; widows: 2; orphans: 2 } A:link { so-language: zxx } --&gt; The access to books in higher education is an issue to be addressed especially in the context of underdeveloped countries, such as those in Latin America. More than just financial issues, cultural aspects and need for adaptation must be considered. In this way, the present paper shows a proposal for a methodology framework that would support collaborative open textbooks initiatives. This methodology intends to be the main guideline for a digital ecosystem for the collaborative production of open textbooks, and has the potential to solve standing methodological problems of current initiatives as Wikibooks and Connexions. The systems architecture and construction will be guided by six collaborative writing dimensions: process, roles, timing, controlling, granularity and writing groups. Each dimension will coordinate an aspect of the collaborative work and is detailed in this methodology. This paper is divided in the following parts: the first part introduces the subject, being followed by an analysis of related works about collaboration and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; in such section, some authors, ideas y methodological aspects of collaborative writing are also discussed. Next, the paper shows the proposal of a Digital Ecosystem for the collaborative creation of open textbooks, the six dimensions of this Ecosystem and its respective descriptions. Finally, the cultural context for which this framework has been developed is explained, in order to serve as a guide for its adoption in Latin America countries. The work finishes with some conclusions about the proposal and the next steps needed to implement it in the real world