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Selected Articles/Books About Open Educational Resources/Open Textbooks
- Bliss, T. J., & Smith, M. (2017). A brief history of Open Educational Resources. In R. S. Jhangiani & R. Biswas-Diener (Eds.), Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science (pp. 9-27). Ubiquity Press.
- Bol, L., Esqueda, M. C., Ryan, D., & Kimmel S. C. (2021). A comparison of academic outcomes in courses taught with Open Educational Resources and publisher content. Educational Research, 20(10), 1-10.
- CollegeBoard. (n.d.). Quick guide: College costs. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/college-costs/quick-guide-college-costs
- Colvard, N. B., Watson, C. E., & Park, H. (2018). The impact of Open Educational Resources on various student success metrics. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 30(2), 262-276.
- Diaz, C. (Ed.). (2017). Affordable course materials: Electronic textbooks and Open Educational Resources. ALA Editions.
(BU Library Main Collection 025.21 A2572 2017)
- Doan, T. (2017). Why not OER? portal: Libraries and the Academy, 17(4).
- EDUCAUSE. (2021). 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and learning edition: Open Educational Resources.
- Elder, A. K., & Katz, S. (n.d.). The OER starter kit workbook. CUNY. https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/the-oer-starter-kit-workbook
- Hare, S., Kirschner, J., & Reed, M. (Eds.). (2020). Marking open and affordable courses: Best practices and case studies. Mavs Open Press.
- Irvine, J., Kommons, R., & Rogers, J. (2021, July 12). Recognizing and overcoming obstacles: What it will take to realize the potential of OER. EDUCAUSE Review.
- Jenkins, J. J., Sanchez, L. A., Schraedley, M. A. K., Hannans, J., Navick, N., & Young, J. (2020). Textbook broke: Textbook affordability as a social justice issue. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020(1), 1-13.
- Jensen, K., & Nackerud, S. (Eds.). (2018). The evolution of affordable content efforts in the higher education environment: Programs, case studies, and examples. University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing.
- Kilickaya, F., & Kic-Drgas, J. (2021). Issues of context and design in OER (open educational resources). Educational Technology Research and Development, 69, 401-405.
- Martin, T. & Kimmons, R. (2020). Faculty members' lived experiences with choosing open educational resources. Open Praxis, 12(1), 131-144.
- McKenzie, L. (2018, July 16). Free digital textbooks vs. purchased commercial textbooks. Inside Higher Ed.
- McKinney, A., & Coolridge, A. (2021, August 10). The tenure review process must evolve. Inside Higher Ed.
- Midwestern Higher Educaiton Compact. (2022, April). Toward convergence: Creating clarity to drive more consistency in understanding the benefits and costs of OER [Research report].
- Nagle, C., & Vitez, K. (2021, February). Fixing the broken textbook market (3rd ed.). U.S. PIRG.
- Nusbaum, A. T. (2020). Who gets to wield academic mjolnir?: On worthiness, knowledge curation, and using the power of the people to diversity OER. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2020(1), p. 4.
- Nyamweya, M. (2018, December 20). A new method for estimating OER savings. SPARC.
- Ochieng, V. O., & Gyasi, R. M. (2021). Open educational resources and social justice: Potentials and implications for research productivity in higher educational institutions. E-Learning and Digital Media, 18(2).
- Office of Distance Learning & Students Services. (2019, March 8). 2018 student textbook and course materials survey: Results and findings. Florida Virtual Campus.
- Salmon, N. (n.d.). OER activity sourcebook: An interactive resource guide. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Schroeder, R. (2021, April 21). It's time for open education resources. Inside Higher Ed.
- Seaman, J. E., Seaman, J. (2018). Freeing the textbook: Educational resources in U.S. higher education, 2018. Babson Survey Research Group.
- Schmieder, E. (2018, October 3). The top 9 myths about OER publishing. TAA Abstract.
- Steele, D. (2022, April 20). Embracing OER institutionwide. Inside Higher Ed.
- Tan, H. (2021). Implementing open educational resources in digital education. Educational Technology Research and Development, 69(1), 389-392.
- Wesolek, A., Lashley, J., & Langley, A. (2018). OER: A field guide for academic librarians.
- Wiley, D. (n.d.). An open education reader. Pressbooks.