OpenStax celebrates 25 years of transforming education | Rice News | News and Media Relations | Rice University

"OpenStax, an educational initiative of Rice University, is celebrating 25 years of expanding access to research-informed educational tools and resources for learners and educators worldwide. Throughout its history, OpenStax has served 36.7 million students across 153 countries and has saved students over $2.9 billion in related education costs.

Thanks in part to the work of OpenStax, textbook prices began to drop in 2018. That trend generally continued as educator awareness of open educational resources (OER) increased or maintained in both higher education and K-12 environments.

Through various partnerships, OpenStax continues to break down barriers to learning. In August, OpenStax partnered with Google, so its resources could be discovered, searched and referenced within the Google Gemini AI tool, akin to ChatGPT...."