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This open textbook is being utilized in a U.S. History course for undergraduate students by Stephen Campbell, Ph.D., at Cal Poly Pomona. The open textbook provides an excellent overview of the major themes and topics of an introductory level U.S. History course, along with quizzes and PowerPoints. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was as a cost reduction for students. Most student access the open textbook as a PDF file on their laptop computers.

This open textbook is being used in the Management Information Systems course. This is a core course required for every Business major. This class is taught by a few full-time faculty and several adjunct faculty, under the direction of Ruth Guthrie, Ph.D., Cal Poly Pomona. The open textbook is brief and enables instructors to use their own materials and share experiences. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to save students money.

This open textbook is being utilized in an Economics course for undergraduate students by Craig Kerr, Ph.D. at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. The open textbook provides an introduction to microeconomic theory, practice problems with answers in the back of the text, and many links to websites for further reading. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to allow students free access to information and to undermine the text book industry. Students access the open textbook in PDF format available for download online.

This open textbook is being utilized in a teacher education course for graduate, Education Specialist (i.e. Special Education) credential candidates by Joanne M. Van Boxtel, Ph.D., at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona. The open textbook focuses on curriculum design principles and techniques for year-long and unit-long curriculum planning in K-12 settings. The main motivation to adopt an e-textbook was to provide students with a no-cost text that effectively aligns with the course learning outcomes and provides curriculum mapping models. Most students access the open textbook in e-book format through the library.

This set of links to open source materials, mostly found on Wikipedia, serve as a replacement for a cell and molecular biology textbook. The open educational resources provided by Andrew Steele, Ph.D. at Cal Poly Pomona, will eventually replace the need for students to purchase a textbook. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was that we teach core concepts in this class that are not only present in all cellular biology textbooks but also well described on Wikipedia. Students have the choice of accessing the material through hyperlinks, mostly to Wikipedia, or by opening up the course reader, which consists of the open source materials in a PDF format.