WHAT IS M.O.S.T.?

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative supports long-term, statewide scaling and sustainability of open educational resources (OER) to increase access, affordability, and achievement for Maryland higher education students.

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Find Existing OER

Explore the M.O.S.T. Course Hub and other sources to find high-quality OER for your course.

FIND EXISTING OER

Find resources to adapt existing OER to fit your specific needs or create new OER content.

CREATE OER

Learn how to implement OER in your course. Discover ways to capture student learning data and use it to improve course materials to increase student success.

TEACH USING OER

THE M.O.S.T. IMPACT

210

From Spring 2014 – Fall 2023, 210 courses at 29 institutions across Maryland switched to OER.

160,000

Since Spring 2014, M.O.S.T. has impacted over 160,000 students.

$22.9M

M.O.S.T. has saved students $22.9 million in cumulative textbook costs.

$137

Students impacted by M.O.S.T. saved an average of $137 per course.

THE M.O.S.T. IMPACT

210

From Spring 2014 – Fall 2023, 210 courses at 29 institutions across Maryland switched to OER.

160,000

Since Spring 2014, M.O.S.T. has impacted over 160,000 students.

$22.9M

M.O.S.T. has saved students $22.9 million in cumulative textbook costs.

$137

Students impacted by M.O.S.T. saved an average of $137 per course.

WHY OER?

Learn how openly licensed, fully accessible materials can help us increase affordability, access, and achievement for learners.

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Take Their Word for It

The majority of our students are first-generation college students, so they try to get by without buying their textbooks or they delay getting their textbooks.

Faculty

Coppin State University

The “why” of using OER is to enhance our teaching and learning.

Faculty

Howard Community College

OER provides an affordable alternative that can make all the difference for students overwhelmed by rising costs in all aspects of higher education.

Student

University of Maryland, College Park

OER changed my perception of how I approached my classes. I was really engaged and I took control.

Student

University of Maryland, Baltimore

Students are benefiting by using OER because they learn that scholarship doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It’s a collaborative process in which we all join in and many voices are put together to create something new.

Librarian

Community College of Baltimore City