The Free Textbook Movement in Higher Education in the United States and Around the World

Authors

Joan Petit, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

5-2-2017

Abstract

College affordability is a challenge for many students in the United States, and textbooks are a large expense for many students. Librarians and faculty are collaborating to create open textbooks, openly-licensed, digital textbooks authored by faculty and available online for anyone in the world to download and use. These open textbooks, part of the movement for open educational resources (OER), are saving college students money, and research shows students in classes with OER do as well or better than students in classes with traditional textbooks.

Description

Presented at Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, May 2, 2017.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/20092

Citation Details

Petit, Joan. “The Free Textbook Movement in Higher Education in the United States and Around the World.” Presented at Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia, May 2, 2017.