Open Textbooks and Resources for Faculty

The high cost of textbooks continues to negatively impact student access, success, and completion...

Source:  Florida Virtual Campus, 2018 Student Textbook and Course Materials Survey:  Results and Findings

"GW Open Textbooks" by GW Libraries can be reused under the CC BY license

Open Textbooks:

• textbooks that are freely available with nonrestrictive licenses
• cover a wide range of disciplines
• available to download and print in various file formats from several web sites and OER repositories
• range from public domain books to existing textbooks to textbooks created specifically for OER.
• solve the problems of the high cost of textbooks, book shortages, and access to textbooks as well as providing the capacity to better meet local teaching and learning needs.