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A Review of the Effectiveness & Perceptions of Open Educational Resources As Compared to Textbooks

Students spend a lot of money on textbooks. Alternatives to the expensive textbooks that come from commercial publishers are open educational resources, or OER. But, are these free resources as effective or of the same quality as textbooks? The research says yes. This video summarizes the available research synthesized in Hilton, J. (2016) Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions....

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Academic Support Services / Open Education / Open Education Research

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Material Type:: Presentation
Date Added to MERLOT:: April 3, 2017
Date Modified in MERLOT:: April 20, 2017
Author:: Unknown (Know the author?)
Submitter:: Cathy Swift

Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Video, Website
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 United States