Evaluating Open Textbooks

Created by the CAUL - CBUA Scholarly Communications Committee

• Faculty Guide for Evaluating OER

  A short checklist of suggested criteria from BCcampus.
• OER Evaluation Criteria

  A short checklist of suggested criteria from Affordable Learning Georgia.
• Open Textbook Library Review Criteria

  Ten criteria used by faculty to evaluate all open textbooks in the Open Textbook Library.
• Interactive OER: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to Transform College Teaching

  A guide to open and interactive OER by John D. Shank.

• Guidebook to Research on OER Adoption

  A guide to assessment of OER adoption from the Open Education Group, including its impact on cost, student outcomes, use of resources, and perceptions of OER.
• OER Review Project

  A summary of all known empirical research on the impacts of OER adoption from the Open Education Group that can help design future assessments.