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Open textbook

An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost.

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American legislation

Industry opposition

Accessibility

Projects and initiatives

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Open textbook

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples171
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Open textbook

Top relations

related to Milestones · 21
Open textbook → Anatomy, As, Bill, Biology, Connexions, Flora Hewlett Foundation, Foundation, In, Initially, June, Maxfield Foundation, Melinda Gates Foundation, Michelson, North America, OpenStax, Physics, Physiology, Several, Sociology, The
related to Higher education · 18
Open textbook → British Columbia, California, Florida, For, Groups, In, In Canada, July, Legislative, North Dakota, Ohio, Overall, PIRGs, State-backed, Student Public Interest Research, Texas, United States, Washington
related to Awards · 15
Open textbook → Access, Anthony Brandt, Artistic Excellence, Arts, Because, Brandt, Connexions, Everything, Examples, Hearing Harmony, In November, It, National Endowment, Sound Reasoning, The
related to American legislation · 14
Open textbook → Advisory Committee, Findings, House, Internet, Legislation, Making, Open, President, Representatives, Senate, Student Financial Assistance, The, The College Board, United States Congress
related to Accessibility · 10
Open textbook → As, COVID-19, OER, Specifically, Studies, These, W3C, WCAG, Web, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
related to Digital Open Textbooks for Development (DOT4D) · 9
Open textbook → Canadian International Development Research, Cape Town, Centre, DOT4D, IDRC, South African, The, The DOT4D, The University
related to Open Education Network · 9
Open textbook → Higher Education, June, Minnesota, OER, Open Textbook Library, Open Textbook Network, The, The Open Education Network, The University
related to Australian Open Textbook Project · 8
Open textbook → Australian, Higher Education, National Centre, NCSEHE, Project, Student Equity, The, The Australian Open Textbook
related to External links · 8
Open textbook → BC Open TextbooksMavs Open, Library, MinnesotaOpenStaxPDX OpenPressbooks Directory, OER AfricaOpen OregonOpen Textbook, Openly Available Sources Integrated, PressMilne Open TextbooksOASIS, Search, University
related to BCcampus · 7
Open textbook → Advanced Education, BC, BC Ministry, BCcampus, British Columbia, Canada, In

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Important terminology

open textbooks textbook education use students higher openstax cost oer materials public resources college access project traditional year student foundation

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Open textbookis atextbook licensed under an open license0.90text
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityAs0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityCOVID-190.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilitySpecifically0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityWeb0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityW3C0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityWeb Content Accessibility Guidelines0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityWCAG0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityStudies0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityThese0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AccessibilityOER0.60section
Open textbookrelated to AffordabilityOpen0.60section

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