As an alternative to those high prices, open-access textbooks—more properly called open educational resources (OERs)—have been making inroads.

Open access textbooks are emerging as the latest tool for keeping students engaged as educators seek to tackle persistent retention rates that have seen one in five first-year students drop out ...

The University of Connecticut has been expanding its efforts to provide open access resources, including open source textbooks, for student use. Open source textbooks are educational resources ...

An open access textbook model is gaining traction in the US and Australia and shaking up the publishing industry.

Open access textbooks can also be used remotely, without a University user account. Moreover, you can attract a wide audience for learning material you produce yourself, if you publish it as open ...

Funding for Orange Grove Text Plus, an open-acess textbook initiative, can make textbooks even more affordable than e-textbooks. If enacted, it could cost students almost nothing.

Having so many open access textbooks available helps lead the way for students to choose and compare authorities on controversial issues, if they have the digital literacy to see that these open ...

Largely because the online textbook in his genetics class has been well-received, Lusis decided to sign a statement pledging to consider open textbooks when deciding on the most appropriate texts ...

There might be many compelling arguments for open-access publishing for the benefit of science and scholarship, but there is currently little firm evidence that a citation advantage is one of them.

Traditional textbooks often become outdated, requiring students to buy newer editions. In contrast, open-access resources can be updated frequently by educators and researchers, ensuring access to ...