At the start of each semester, students must dig deep into their pockets to buy pricey textbooks that instructors have assigned for their courses. But at Metropolitan State University of Denver, adoption of Open Educational Resources — books, videos and other instructional materials that can be downloaded, edited and shared for free — is growing. OER helps alleviate the financial strain on students, saving them $3.7 million since a cross-campus initiative was launched five years ago.
