The results show that, on average, OER policy adoption has not yet led to statistically robust improvements in these national ...

Six new Open Educational Resources (OER) have been developed by faculty who participated in the summer 2025 offering of the eCampus Open Education Development Series. OER and open pedagogy have many ...

High textbook costs continue to prove a barrier to college for some students, with some studies showing that many students skip textbook purchases even if they worry it’ll harm their grades because of ...

A new report from the Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC), a nonprofit regional organization devoted to advancing cooperation and resource sharing in higher education, advocates for more ...

Open Educational Resources (OER) have emerged as a critical component in higher education, enabling the widespread sharing of knowledge through freely accessible and adaptable materials. These ...

We all recognize that the cost of textbooks has risen dramatically over the last 40 years, increasing at four times the rate of inflation since 2000. While these rising costs impact all students, ...

University of Wyoming Libraries soon will launch the Journal of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (JOERHE), a new, open peer-reviewed journal. The journal is currently accepting scholarly ...

March 10 marks the end of Open Education Week, which was launched to draw attention to open educational r esources. Those are essentially educator-created curricular and other classroom materials that ...

(TNS) — Barton Community College is working toward a textbook-free future. Vice President of Instruction Elaine Simmons described the Textbook Freedom Campaign at a recent BCC Board of Trustees study ...