Save Money with Free and Low-Cost Textbooks
CCBC is steadfastly committed to providing the most valuable college education available. As commercial textbook prices continue to rise, your CCBC professors are working hard to provide students with free and low-cost textbooks.These free and low-cost textbooks help lower the cost of attending college, by providing high-quality alternative educational materials, and allowing you to save money on expensive textbooks. So far CCBC has saved students over $1,000,000 in classes like Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Mobile Applications and Development, Introduction to Sociology, Behavioral Health Counseling, and many more! Learn more about free and low-cost textbooks below.
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OER for Faculty
OER can be more than just a textbook. Your intro to OER can be as simple as creating an openly-licensed assignment or adopting a small set of readings from an OER. There are three main pathways to using OER: adoption, adaption, and creation. Each of these requires a varying level of commitment and time; with adoption requiring the least and creation the most. The CCBC Library can help you by locating existing OER ready for adoption or adaption and guide you through the nuances of openly-licensed content and Creative Commons licenses.Listen to some of our OER faculty champions
View the OER Library Guide for more information.