Hilton III, John Levi creator Gaudet, Donna Clark, Phil Robinson, Jared Wiley, David text xxu 2013 monographic eng

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The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college�s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable. John Levi Hilton III, Donna Gaudet, & Phil Clark et. al. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.1523 Open educational resources, Community, College, Department OCLRC 210504 20260730103743.0 9441