Open Textbooks and Open SUNY Textbooks: Cooperative Strategies for Reducing the Cost of Textbooks

Innovative solutions are needed to reduce the cost of higher education. The Open SUNY Textbook program, an IITG grant project, demonstrated that faculty and libraries can publish high-quality open textbooks. In the connected age, libraries are poised to support faculty in the transformation of teaching and learning by providing publishing services.

OUTCOMES: Learn about open textbooks and publishing models that support their production * Learn how to adapt strategies for open textbooks and OER production * Understand why open textbooks and OER are key transformation strategies