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This open textbook is being utilized in a chemistry course for undergraduate or graduate students by Dr. Lisa Kendhammer at California State University, Chico. The open textbook provides a brief introduction to the topics of chemistry. It goes over Matter, Reactions, States of Matter, Energy, Atomic Theory, Bonding, Kinetics, Equilibrium, Electrochemistry, and Nuclear Chemistry. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to lower the cost of the course to the students and make it a zero cost course. Most students access the open textbook via a link to LibreText where the textbook is housed.

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.