OU Libraries’ Alternative Textbook Grant is encouraging faculty to offer Open Educational Resources instead of textbooks amid rising prices. An OU Libraries’ press release described Open Educational Resources as any learning, teaching or research materials that are public domain or have an open license. The resources have saved OU students millions of dollars, according to the release. “We want to save students money, but we offer a grant program to recognize that there is a labor that goes into switching from commercial textbooks to Open Educational Resources,” Morgan Briles, OU Open Educational Resource librarian, said.
