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Mathematics Textbooks | College Open Textbooks

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Overview:: This site provides users with an online collection of open access textbooks in various math topics such as linear algebra, college algebra, calculus, graph theory, and differential equations. The site supports the creation and adoption of open-licensed textbooks to make the higher education cost-efficient and accessible to all students. Some textbooks have some reviews done by peer reviewers.
Type of Material:: Collection
Recommended Uses:: Supplemental materials, additional readings and references for math courses in differential equations, linear algebra, real analysis, and many other subjects.
Technical Requirements:: It is basic HTML site with lots of clickable links. Users can access this site using any browser.
Identify Major Learning Goals:: To make more open access textbooks in mathematics available to students in universities and colleges. To make higher education cost-efficient so all students can afford it.
Target Student Population:: Students at colleges and universities who are taking math undergraduate or graduate classes.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:: Respective Math Courses at the college level.

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Strengths:: This site contains several math textbooks in various topics arising from undergraduate lower and upper math courses. Some textbooks have reviews written by peer reviewers in related fields.
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Strengths:: Both instructor and student can benefit from the open access textbooks on this site. On one hand, students can use this site for class references and to understand some challenging topics (additional readings), and they can also use them as resources for class projects. Also, instructors can use this site to create assignments, use it in class for references purposes, and develop class projects with resources.
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Strengths:: Students and instructors can access the material in this site easily using all the clickable links, and can easily refer to any textbook related to their courses and studies because each textbook is linked to the author or institutional website with all details and resources.
Concerns:: None