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Open Textbooks and Resources for Faculty

A guide to exploring open textbook options as well as other open education resources for GW faculty

David Wiley, BYU Scholar, Explains How Faculty/Students Benefit By Using OERs

Research Studies

Fischer, L., Hilton III, J., Robinson, T. J., & Wiley, D. A. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172.
Hilton, J. (2016). Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Educational Technology Research and Development, 1-18.
Allen, E. & Seaman, J. (2016). Opening the Textbook: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education. Babson Survey Research Group.
Senack, E. (2014). Open textbooks: The billion-dollar solution. Center for Public Interest Research, Inc. Retrieved from http://www. studentpirgs. org/reports/sp/open-textbooksbillion-dollar-solution.

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