OpenStax grows in popularity, but overall awareness of OER remains low - Corinne Lestch, EdScoop

Higher ed faculty are increasingly turning to OpenStax for low-cost, openly licensed printed and digital materials for their students. The rate of adoption of textbooks from OpenStax — a nonprofit OER publisher based out of Rice University — among faculty teaching large-enrollment courses is now at nearly 17 percent, according to the report, “Opening the Textbook: Educational Resources in Higher Education 2017.” Teachers who use these openly licensed materials, which are more accessible, more affordable and easily customizable, have found that they are just as pleased as their peers teaching introductory-level courses with commercial textbooks. https://edscoop.com/openstax-grows-in-popularity-but-overall-awareness-of-oer-remains-low