OpenStax (formerly OpenStax College) is a nonprofit ed tech initiative based at Rice University. Since 2012, OpenStax has created peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks, which are available in free digital formats and for a low cost in print. Most books are also available in the iBooks Store. OpenStax's first textbook was College Physics, which was published online, in print, and in iBooks in 2012. In 2017, OpenStax launched OpenStax Tutor, an adaptive courseware based on cognitive science principles, machine learning, and OpenStax content.
Aiming to compete with major publishers' offerings, the project was initially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Michelson 20MM Foundation, and the Maxfield Foundation. All textbook content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses; specifically, the books are available under the CC BY license (except for Calculus, which is CC BY-NC-SA), which means that instructors are free to use, adapt, and remix the content, as long as they attribute OpenStax.
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Editorial process
OpenStax textbooks follow a traditional peer review process to ensure they meet high quality standard before publication. Textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable and accurate, meet the scope and sequence requirements of each course, are supported by instructor ancillaries, and are available with the latest technology-based learning tools.
The free, online version of OpenStax books are kept up-to-date on an ongoing basis. Instructors are encouraged to submit errata suggestions via the OpenStax website, and errata suggestions are reviewed by subject matter experts. Revisions are made when it is determined to be pedagogically necessary. New PDFs and print versions of the books are released each summer when substantial changes are present.
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List of textbooks
OpenStax's original goal was to publish openly licensed textbooks for the 25 highest-enrolled undergraduate college courses, and they exceeded that goal in 2016. All books are available for free in web view and PDF format on openstax.org. The books are also available for a low cost in print, and many of them exist in iBooks. The OpenStax library includes the following:
Math
- Prealgebra
- Elementary Algebra
- Intermediate Algebra
- College Algebra
- Algebra and Trigonometry
- Precalculus
- Calculus in three volumes
- Introductory Statistics
Science
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Concepts of Biology
- Microbiology
- Chemistry
- Chemistry: Atoms First
- College Physics
- University Physics in three volumes
Social Sciences
- American Government
- Principles of Economics
- Principles of Microeconomics
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Psychology
- Introduction to Sociology 2e (second edition)
Humanities
- U.S. History
AP
- College Physics for AP Courses
- Principles of Microeconomics for AP Courses
- Principles of Macroeconomics for AP Courses
Textbooks in development
OpenStax developing the following textbooks:
- Biology for AP Courses
- Principles of Economics 2e (second edition)
- Principles of Microeconomics 2e (second edition)
- Principles of Macroeconomics 2e (second edition)
- Principles of Accounting
- Principles of Management
- Introduction to Business
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Ethics
See also
- Open educational resources
- OpenCourseWare
- Bookboon
- China Open Resources for Education
- Curriki
- Flat World Knowledge
- Flexbook
- Free High School Science Texts South Africa
- Khan Academy
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning India
- Open Course Library
- Open.Michigan
- Rice University Press, Rice's all-digital platform based on the Connexions technology
- Tufts OpenCourseWare
- Wikiversity, a Wikimedia Foundation project, devoted to learning materials and activities
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External links
- OpenStax The OpenStax website
- Why Pay For Intro Textbooks? Inside Higher Ed
- Rice University And OpenStax Announce First Open-Source Textbooks TechCrunch
- Free College Textbooks: Wave of the Future? Forbes
- Big Savings for U.S. Students in Open-Source Book Program New York Times
- Openstax CNX The website for OpenStax CNX, the online repository of open content
- TED Talk dated 2006-02 Founder Richard Baraniuk discussing Connexions
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