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Open Educational Resources (OER): OER - What Does the Research Say?

This guide is purposed to help faculty become acquainted with OER resources potentially available to them should they decide to explore open textbook (content) options for learning.

What Does the Research Say? Here's a Taste.

From January 2006 to July 2016, consumer prices for college textbooks increased 88 percent

Bureau of Labor Statistics (2016).  "College tuition and fees increase 63 percent since January 2006" https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/college-tuition-and-fees-increase-63-percent-since-january-2006.htm

Awareness of OER from 2014 - 2018, faculty awareness increasing from just under 35% to over 45% over that time period

Seaman, J. E., & Seaman, J. (2019). Freeing the textbook: Educational resources in U.S. higher education, 2018. Retrieved from
https://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/freeingthetextbook2018.pdf

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