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To see the corresponding Lab showcase, go to https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=773414805.

The California State University and MERLOT have partnered to showcase how and why faculty have adopted Open Educational Resources (OER) to facilitate equitable access to their students’ course materials.   These Faculty Showcases represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses. 

This open textbook is being utilized in a general chemistry course for undergraduate students by Steven Runyon at the California State University - Maritime Academy. The open textbook provides access to high-quality learning materials, maintaining high standard of academic rigor at little or no cost to students. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to increase student access and to decrease the cost of education.  Most student access the open textbook in pdf format accessed via the Learning Management System.