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- Open textbooks are part of a larger movement called \u201cOpen Educational Resources\u201d (OER)<\/li>\n
- An open textbook is a textbook with an open copyright license that allows the material to be freely accessed, shared and adapted.<\/li>\n
- Open licenses allow instructors to adapt, remix, or customize existing open textbooks to maximize instructional content to meet their own learning objectives<\/li>\n
- Many open textbooks are developed through traditional peer review, others are vetted by experts.\u00a0 As with any textbook, the instructor is the final judge of whether an open textbook meets the needs of the course.<\/li>\n
- They are free for anyone to view and download in an online format and can be made available in a print format at a nominal cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- BC Campus.\u00a0Some Facts about Open Textbooks<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
- Danya Perez-Hernandez. (2014, January 28).\u00a0<\/span>Open Textbooks Could Help Students Financially and Academically<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Chronicle of Higher Education <\/em>(Wired Campus).<\/li>\n
- Joe Moxely. (2013, September-October).\u00a0<\/span>Open Textbook Publishing<\/u><\/a><\/em>. American Association of University Professors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Danya Perez-Hernandez. (2014, January 28).\u00a0<\/span>Open Textbooks Could Help Students Financially and Academically<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Chronicle of Higher Education <\/em>(Wired Campus).<\/li>\n
- BC Campus.\u00a0Some Facts about Open Textbooks<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n