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Most authors of open textbooks were paid using grants or incentive programs. Others opted to write an open textbook for increased exposure and impact , as a part of scholarship of teaching and learning, to add content not currently available otherwise, and as a service to their field.
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Question: Do open textbooks have ancillary materials?
Just Just like commercial textbooks, some open textbooks have ancillary materials. OpenStax, for example, has many ancillary options for faculty to implement their textbooks in their courses.
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Question: How can I edit them?
eCampus Center is piloting the use of utilizes Pressbooks - a WordPress based authoring platform. Pressbooks enables you to compose or edit your book in one place and create multiple file types automatically (EPUB, digital and print PDF, MOBI, and online). Please refer faculty to me Amy Vecchione or the new Research and Innovation Consultants for help getting an OER Pressbook set up.
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