Research Guides: Open Educational Resources: Creating Texts

Creating or Adapting an Open Textbook or OER

Not every course is the same, and not every open textbook may be suitable to be adopted for your course. Open licenses allow for the opportunity to adapt existing materials and customize them for your own needs.

Create Open Textbooks - BCcampus Open Ed Resources

Books

Authoring Open Textbooks by Melissa Falldin and Karen Lauritsen
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This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.
Adaptation Guide by Lauri M. Aesoph
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The Adaptation Guide is a practical reference about how to customize — or adapt — an open textbook so that it better fits your needs in the classroom and elsewhere. This guide defines the term adaptation and discusses reasons for revising a book, why this is possible with an open textbook, and the challenges involved.