Open Textbooks and Resources for Faculty

"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.

Open Textbooks are designed to be a free or low cost substitute for a traditional textbook.

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