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Open Educational Resources (OER)

Benefits of Open Educational Resources:

  • Saves money for students by providing course materials that are freely accessible to everyone
  • Provides immediate access to course materials on the first day of class 
  • Allows instructors to customize course content to their specific instructional needs
  • Improves student engagement and success

Did You Know...

  • The high cost of some course materials can impede students’ academic success.
  • MTSU advises undergraduates to budget $1260/year for books and supplies and advises graduate students to budget $540/year. (See Cost of Attendance webpage)
College student holding a sign that says "I spent $410 on textbooks. I could have spend it on NashSC match!"
College student holding a sign that says "I just spend $475 on textbooks. I could have spend it on rent."
College student holding a sign that says "I just spend $275 on textbooks. I could have spend it on flannels."
College student holding a sign that says "I just spend $275 on textbooks. I could have spend it on tuition/Chipotle.
College student holding a sign that says "I just spend $350 on textbooks. I could have spend it on investments."
College student holding a sign that says "I just spend $500 on textbooks. I could have spend it on food/gas."
Textbook affordability tabling set up outside the library
Whiteboard with the prompt: "#textbookbroke How Much Money Did You Spend on Textbooks This Semester?"
A bowl of lifesaver candies with a sign saying "OER is a Lifesaver"

Scholarship on Open Educational Resources: