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Abstract: This open textbook described, is being utilized in multiple engineering courses for undergraduate and graduate students by Lonny Grafman at Cal Poly Humboldt. The open textbook provides detailed math, diagrams, and project examples for building small-scale photovoltaic projects around the world. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was the combination of limited credible material appropriate for university courses available for this topic, the high cost of the available material, and the global importance of the material. Most student access the open textbook in pdf, but it is also available as a physical book, an ebook, on multiple platforms and in multiple languages. 

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. This Faculty Showcase represent Open Educational Practices where faculty are sharing their "know-how" for adopting OER in their courses.