Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions

By John Hilton III. 2016

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Abstract Textbooks are a vital component in many higher education contexts. Increasing textbook prices, coupled with general rising costs of higher education have led some instructors to experiment with substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercial textbooks as their primary class curriculum. This article synthesizes the results of 16 studies that examine either (1) the influence of OER on student learning outcomes in higher education settings or (2) the perceptions of college students and instructors of OER. Results across multiple studies indicate that students generally achieve the same learning outcomes when OER are utilized and simultaneously save significant amounts of money. Studies across a variety of settings indicate that both students and faculty are generally positive regarding OER.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/901d53fa060b0dbd2c524308c0e82bc6c3b82013

Citations in the corpus

• A Documentary Evaluation of Offline AI Integration in Teacher-in-a-Box OER Programmes for Low-Connectivity Schools (2026, unknown): “Open Educational Resources (OER) are frequently advanced as a response to inequitable access to learning materials, yet in low-connectivity environments, the conditions of use often determine whether OER can be adopted, adapted, and sustained [1]- [4].”