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This open textbook is being utilized in a Management course for undergraduate business students by Maggie Boyraz, Ph.D. at the California State University San Bernardino. The open textbook first focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and second is its emphasis on ethics in communication. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook online or as a PDF.

These open educational resources are being utilized in an English course for undergraduate students by Chloe de Los Reyes, M.A. at California State University, San Bernardino. The set of materials come from a variety of sources including journals and news articles, open source textbooks, book excerpts, films, etc. The main motivation to adopt these resources was to save students money, but also to provide a variety of real-world ideas and themes. Most students access the resources in our course LMS, Blackboard.

This open textbook is being utilized in an Eastern Philosophy course for undergraduate students by Joseph Suk-Hwan Dowd, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The open textbook provides an edited collection of translations of ancient Chinese philosophical texts, with scholarly introductions. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook in through Proquest at the University Library.

This open textbook is being utilized in two English Composition courses for undergraduate students by Miriam Lizette Fernandez, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernadino. The open textbook is written by various composition teachers who focus on key issues in the first-year writing classroom. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook from the class LMS, Blackboard.

These journal articles are being utilized in a Clinical Psychology course for undergraduate psychology majors by Stacy Forcino, Ph.D., at California State University, San Bernardino. The articles provide an overview of major topic areas in clinical psychology The main motivation to use these resources was to save students money. Most students access the journal articles through the LMS, Blackboard.

This open textbook is being utilized in a Philosophy course for undergraduate students seeking to meet GE requirement by Thomas Gardner, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The used textbook provides a proven selection of high-quality readings that cover centuries of philosophical debate. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the textbook by purchasing a print copy.

This open textbook is being utilized in a Corporate Finance course for undergraduate business students by five Accounting and Finance professors at California State University San Bernardino. Those professors include Dong Man Kim, Ph.D., Ghulam Sarwar, Ph.D., Yu Liu, Ph.D., Gilna Samuel, Ph.D., and Liang Guo, Ph.D. The open textbook provides T an introduction to corporate finance and focuses on the responsibilities of the financial manager, who oversees the accounting and treasury functions and sets the overall financial strategy for the firm. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to reduce student costs. Most students access the open textbook via Blackboard.

The Centro Virtual Cervantes open textbook is being utilized in a Spanish linguistics course for graduate students by Carmen Jany, Ph.D. at CSUSB. The Centro Virtual Cervantes is an online platform that has been maintained by the Cervantes Institute in Spain for the past 20 years. It is dedicated to posting materials on the Spanish language and Hispanic Cultures proving valuable sources for Spanish professors and students. The site includes articles from 5 categories: Teaching, Literature, Language, Arts, Sciences. For this course, readings from the Teaching part were selected. The site is fully in Spanish and all published articles are by well respected scholars in the field. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was the very high cost of a widely used textbook. Most students access the open textbook online for reading; some printed the articles page by page.

This open textbook is being utilized in a Humanities course for undergraduate students by J. David Jerez-Gómez, Ph.D., at California State University, San Bernardino. The open textbook provides students an invitation to explore and analyze, through literature, music and art, the interactions and exchanges between peoples of "the lands of the Middle Sea" -- North Africa, West Asia, the Middle East, and Southern Europe with the study of texts of different genres and traditions that embody Mediterranean syncretism, forming a common cultural ground. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to provide access to a selection of canonical and marginal texts using digital instructional materials that are free online at no cost to students, and that are accessible through MERLOT, and other online sources. Most students access the open sources and textbook in online format.

This open textbook is being utilized in an Educational Psychology course for credential students by Kurt Kowalski, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The open textbook is a comprehensive educational psychology textbook that covers the general topics included in most texts and is relevant to teacher education. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook from the Open Textbook Library.

This open textbook is being utilized in a statistics course for undergraduate students by Min-Lin Lo at California State University San Bernardo. The open textbook is meant to be a textbook for a standard one-semester introductory statistics course for general education students. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook in from the course LMS.

This open textbook is being utilized in a Calculus course for undergraduate students by Min-Lin Lo at California State University at San Bernadino. The open textbook provides information about calculus in two and three variables. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook on the Blackboard LMS.

This open textbook is being utilized in an economics course for undergraduate students by Daniel MacDonald, Ph.D. at CSU San Bernardino. Each chapter of the open textbook begins with an issue that is then addressed at the end of the chapter using the tools acquired in that chapter. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to show how a high-quality educational experience (drawing on real-world applications and critical thinking skills) can be obtained using open educational materials. Most student access the open textbook in PDF format.

Several open textbooks are being utilized in an Arabic course for undergraduate students majoring or minoring in Arabic by Oraib Mango, PH.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The open textbooks provide ease of navigation and allow students to search by key terms and themes. The main motivation to adopt open textbooks was to reduce costs for students. Most students access the open textbooks through the LMS, Blackboard.

These open resources are being utilized in a Wildlife Crime course for undergraduate students by Nerea Marteache, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The open educational resources include journal articles that are available and free through the University’s library and media resources that can be easily updated. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money and also being able to customize course contents. Most students access the open resources from our LMS.

This textbook is being utilized in a Criminal Justice course for undergraduate students by Nerea Marteache, Ph.D. at California State University San Bernardino. The textbook explains the theoretical tenets of the discipline using a clear and engaging style. The main motivation to adopt a new textbook was to reduce the textbook cost for students. This is not an open textbook, but one that is purchased at a much lower cost. Students purchase or rent the textbook.

This open textbook is being utilized in a chemistry course for undergraduate students by Larry Mink, Ph.D., at California State University, San Bernardino. The open source textbook Openstax College Chemistry is at the appropriate level for a science major course in general chemistry. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was because the online version is free for students. Most students access the open textbook directly online.

This open textbook is being utilized in a French 1 course for undergraduate and graduate students by Valerie Morgan, M.A., D.E.A., at California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB). The open textbook provides a communicative approach for teaching languages, with an emphasis on listening and building vocabulary skills, as well as reading, writing and speaking. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook online, and some of them print out the information.

These open educational resources are being utilized in an English course for undergraduate students by Jason Magabo Perez, Ph.D., at California State University, San Bernardino. The open textbook provides useful insight and instruction on the basic elements of fiction writing. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most student access the open textbook as a PDF from Blackboard, the Course Management System.

This open textbook is being utilized in a Kinesiology course for undergraduate students by Hosung So, Ph.D. at California State University, San Bernardino. The open textbook follows the scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook in at the OpenStax site.

This open textbook is being utilized in an Anthropology course for graduate students by Teresa Velásquez at California State University, San Bernardino. The open textbook provides a compelling and intimate account of the impact that transnational processes associated with globalization are having on the lives and livelihoods of people in the Dominican Republic. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money. Most students access the open textbook from the Library website.

This open textbook is being utilized in a political science course for undergraduate political science and public administration majors by Christina G. Villegas at California State University, San Bernardino. The open textbook provides organizational and procedural aspects of Congress and the legislative process. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money and to familiarize students with a valuable resource that they can continue to use throughout their education and career. Most students access the open textbook in on the LMS, Blackboard.