OER Can Save Colleges Money, Too | InsideHigherEd
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By Madeline St. Amour, February 20, 2020
A new study shows that open educational resources can help students save money, which encourages them to enroll in more classes.
The report details the results of the Open Educational Resources Degree Initiative from Achieving the Dream, a network of 277 community colleges committed to student success.
Over three years, 38 colleges across 13 states offered 6,600 OER course sections. Nearly 600 courses were redesigned to use OERs. According to Achieving the Dream, it's the largest study of how using OERs impacts colleges.
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