OpenStax
OpenStax College is an initiative of OpenStax CNX (formerly Connexions) at Rice University. Since 2012 OpenStax has created peer-reviewed open textbooks, which are available in both printed and digital formats. In December 2012 "College Physics" became the first OpenStax textbook to be released in iBook format.[1]
Aiming to compete with major publishers' offerings,[2][3] the project was initially funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the 20 Million Minds Foundation, and the Maxfield Foundation.[2][4][5] All textbook content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses and the textbooks can be modified to suit different purposes by users. Specifically, the books use Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which only requires attribution.
List of textbooks
OpenStax aims to release a total of 25 textbooks and as April 2015 the following books had been released or were forthcoming:
- College Physics (released June 2012)
- Introduction to Sociology (released June 2012)
- Biology (released April 2013)
- Concepts of Biology (released April 2013)
- Anatomy and Physiology (released June 2013)
- Introductory Statistics (November 2013)
- Principles of Economics (March 2014)
- Principles of Microeconomics (March 2014)
- Principles of Macroeconomics (March 2014)
- Precalculus (October 2014)
- Psychology (December 2014)
- U.S. History (January 2015)
- College Algebra (February 2015)
- Algebra and Trigonometry (February 2015)
- Chemistry (March 2015)
- Introduction to Sociology 2e (April 2015)
- Calculus (in 3 Volumes) (March 2016)
- American Government (July 2016)
- University Physics (in 3 Volumes) (September-October 2016)
- Astronomy (October 2016)
- Microbiology (November 2016)
Textbooks under construction
OpenStax College is working on the following titles between now and the end of 2016:
- Prealgebra (forthcoming 2016-2017)
- Elementary Algebra (forthcoming 2016-2017)
- Intermediate Algebra (forthcoming 2016-2017)
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
Notes
- ^ Tilsley, Alexandra. "Free, Unless You Want to Pay". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
- ^ a b Smith, Mitch. "Why Pay for Intro Textbooks?". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Coldewey, Devin. "Rice University And OpenStax Announce First Open-Source Textbooks". TechCrunch. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Robe, Johnathan. "Free College Textbooks: Wave of the Future?". Forbes. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
- ^ Guttenplan, D.D. "Big Savings for U.S. Students in Open-Source Book Program". New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
External links
- OpenStax College The OpenStax College 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 Connexions website
- TED Talk dated 2006-02 Founder Richard Baraniuk discussing Connexions