| Type of site Open Educational Resources | Owner Rice University | Revenue Nonprofit funded by foundation grants and commercial services | URL OpenStax.org | Launched 2012 |
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When was OpenStax published?
About OpenStax
Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in
2012
, and our library has since scaled to over 25 books for college and AP
®
courses used by hundreds of thousands of students.
Who is the owner of OpenStax?
Richard Baraniuk
is the Victor E. Cameron Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University and the Founder/Director of OpenStax. He is one of the founders of the Open Education movement, starting with Connexions (now OpenStax CNX) in 1999.
How do you cite OpenStax?
Author. (
OpenStax College is your group author. The copyright date (year) and the URL can be found on the copyright page of the PDF of the e
-textbook
.
Is OpenStax peer-reviewed?
Peer-reviewed
. Openly licensed. 100% free.
And backed by additional learning resources. Review our OpenStax textbooks and decide if they are right for your course. Simple to adopt, free to use. We make it easy to improve student access to higher education.
Is OpenStax legal?
legally: all content produced in
OpenStax is available under a Creative Commons open-content licenses
. This makes it easy for authors to share their work – allowing others to use and reuse it legally – while still getting recognition and attribution for their efforts.
Is OpenStax safe?
Is OpenStax content high quality?
Yes!
OpenStax textbook projects are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable and accurate, meet the scope and sequence requirements of each course, are supported by instructor ancillaries, and are available with the latest technology-based learning tools.
Is OpenStax a good resource?
OpenStax is an exciting alternative because it
provides high-quality open educational resources (OER) textbooks
as well as the support mechanisms through which institutions can promote their adoption. In some sense, OpenStax is the culmination of nearly two decades of experimentation at Rice.
Are OpenStax books free?
OpenStax Textbooks. OpenStax publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks that
are absolutely free online and low cost in print
. For all our available formats, visit openstax.org and select the subject that interests you.
What is OpenStax book?
If you have ever been to a traditional public library and walked among shelves to select books at your leisure, you have visit a library with “open stacks.” It means exactly what it sounds like,
most of the materials held in the library are freely available to visitors
.
How do you cite OER services?
To cite your OER source using APA citation style,
first create a citation using the APA style guide
, and then simply add the CC or public domain license info at the end of your regular citation. For more detailed information, go to Citing OERs guide.
How do you cite OpenStax biology?
* If you use this textbook as a bibliographic reference, then you should cite it as follows: OpenStax,
Biology
. OpenStax CNX. Oct 21, 2016 http://cnx.org/contents/
[email protected]
How do you cite an open access book?
Citing an open textbook is like
citing any online textbook
. Therefore, as the author and publisher of an open textbook, it is your job to provide the elements required for a complete reference, regardless of citation style, such as: textbook title, author(s) or editor(s), copyright year, and publisher name and place.
How much does OpenStax tutor cost?
OpenStax Tutor costs
$10 per student
and is free for all AP US History courses and for all students at our Institutional Partner schools. If you’re looking to bring a high-impact open educational resources initiative to your campus as a part of the Institutional Partner Program, apply here.
Can you download books from OpenStax?
OpenStax textbooks are
available as FREE downloads in PDF, Web, and EPUB formats
.
Is OpenStax open source?
OpenStax was founded by Rice University engineering professor Richard Baraniuk in 1999 under the name Connexions. It started like most
open source projects
: To scratch an itch and address a problem.
