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This open textbook is being utilized in an Electrical and Computer Engineering (EECE) course for graduate students by Zahrasadat Alavi at CSU Chico. The open textbook provides an in-depth introduction to pattern recognition and machine learning, designed for advanced undergraduate students, and graduate students. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to decrease student cost of courses outside of tuition. Most student access the open textbook in online pdf.

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.