What are OER - Open Educational Resources?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which can be fully used, shared and adapted in the digital environment.
What are OER? Why use OER? Where is OER? How is OER created? Who can help?
OER in Statistics
Open Educational Resources in Statistics
OER books come from many sources. Some are developed by the author specifically to teach a course, some are new textbooks from a commercial publisher, some are older textbooks where the copyright has reverted to the author. Below are some examples of the variety of OER books you can find.
- Introductory StatisticsThis open textbook follows scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra and focuses on statistics application over theory. Introductory Statistics includes innovative practical applications that make the text relevant and accessible, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs.
- Empirical Research in Statistics EducationThis volume provides a review of recent research into statistics education, with a focus on empirical research published in established educational journals and on the proceedings of important conferences on statistics education.
- Statistics Growing Data Sets and Growing Demand for StatisticsSince data grows faster than ever, the role of statistics becomes more crucial and there is no doubt that statistics will be even more critical in the future. There is almost no human activity where the use of statistics is not needed. This volume tries to cover as many multidisciplinary fields in statistics as possible and present recent developments and applications of statistical analysis.
- Understanding Statistics and Experimental DesignThis textbook provides the background needed to correctly use, interpret, and understand statistics and statistical data in diverse settings.
OER Search Engines & Finding Aids
- DOAB : Directory of Open Access BooksAll books listed in DOAB are freely accessible and therefore free to read, but this does not mean readers are free to do anything they like with these books. The usage rights of the books in DOAB are determined by the license.
- Mason OER Metafinder (James Mason University)The Mason OER Metafinder helps you find Open Educational Resources. Unlike other OER discovery sites (e.g, OER Commons, OASIS, MERLOT, OpenStax, etc.), OER Metafinder is not a single database. Instead it is a federated search across 21 different sources of open educational materials.
- OER CommonsOER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Open Access Books at Commercial Publishers
- JSTOR Open ContentThousands of Open Access ebooks are available from top scholarly publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press.
- The National Academies Press (NAP)The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine, providing authoritative, independently-researched information. Almost all of the books are available as PDFs that can be downloaded for free by the chapter or by the entire book.
- Springer Open AccessSpringer offers authors the option to publish open access books in a wide range of areas in science, technology, medicine and in the humanities and social sciences. Their books are available to download free of charge from SpringerLink (HTML, PDF, ePub) or Amazon (MOBI).
- Taylor & Francis Open Access Books & ChaptersTaylor & Francis publish books and chapters across all subjects covered by Routledge, CRC Press and other imprints in the humanities, social sciences and behavioral sciences. Currently, over 1000 books are published open access.