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Open Textbooks at St. Cloud University: A Collective Case Study
Lundeen-Hoff, Sally

PublishedDecember 2024
Type of workCulminating Projects in Information Media
PeriodicalPages 1-57
InstitutionSt. Cloud State University
CountryUnited States, North America

ABSTRACT
This starred paper offers a review of existing literature about open educational resources (OER), describes the methodology selected to research OER use at St. Cloud State University, outlines the results of a qualitative collective case study, and offers recommendations for the future.

Keywords open educational resources · OER · open textbooks · case study · qualitative

Published atMinnesotta
LanguageEnglish
RefereedYes
RightsCC BY-NC-ND
URLhttps://repository.stcloudstate.edu/im_etds/51
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