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Open Educational Resources - A Guide for Faculty: Literature on OER

This guide will provide information about OER, examples of OER currently in use at OCCC, and information for receiving assistance with implementing OER content in a course.

Textbook Cost

The Adoption of an Open Textbook in a Large Physics Course: An Analysis of Cost, Outcomes, Use, and Perceptions
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
College Tuition and Fees Increase 63 Percent Since January 2006
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016
Saving Students Money
Inside Higher Education, 2017

Impact of OER on Student Success

The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
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, 2015
Open Educational Resources and Student Course Outcomes: A Multilevel Analysis.
International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning, 2017
Exploring Open Educational Resources for College Algebra
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017

Student and Faculty Perception of OER

As Good or Better than Commercial Textbooks:Students’ Perceptions and Outcomes from UsingOpen Digital and Open Print Textbooks
The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Assessing the Savings from Open Educational Resources on Student Academic Goals
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Higher Education Faculty Perceptions of Open Textbook Adoption
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College Open Textbooks
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2015
Open Educational Resources and College Textbook Choices: a Review of Research on Efficacy and Perceptions
Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016