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OpenStax is a nonprofit educational technology initiative based at Rice University that produces peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks for undergraduate education. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OpenStaxA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Review of OpenStax College SuccessInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: American GovernmentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooksCited 35 times
- Go sideways: OpenStax CNXA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Open textbookA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Mainstreaming Open Textbooks: Educator Perspectives on the Impact of OpenStax College open textbooks
Student and Faculty Perceptions of OpenStax in High Enrollment Courses
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Finding Open Educational Resources for Music: OER Commons, MERLOT II, Openstax CNX, and MIT OpenCourseWare
OpenStax Connexion versus Wikibooks: Análise comparativa de plataformas de suporte a livros abertos
OpenStax: Microbiology Provides a Cost-Effective and Accessible Resource for Undergraduate Microbiology StudentsReview of: OpenStax: Microbiology . Nina Parker, Mark Schneegurt, and Anh-Hue Tu; (2016). OpenStax and ASM. 1100 pages. (Note: At time of journal printing, this book was not yet published. Certain publication details may change slightly.)
Review of American Government 2e. Glen Krutz. Houston, TX: OpenStax/Rice University, 2016. 771p. Free online PDF
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🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
American GovernmentOpenStax, Glen Krutz · 2016
PsychologyOpenStax, Rose M. Spielman · 2014
Principles of EconomicsSteven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor · 1605
Introduction to SociologyOpenStax College, OpenStax · 2012
Principles of MicroeconomicsSteven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro: Pennsylvania State University · 2014
Principles of MacroeconomicsSteven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro: Pennsylvania State University · 2014
Chemistry Atoms FirstEdward Neth, Paul Flowers: University of North Carolina at Pembroke · 2015
College PhysicsPaul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs · 2012
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