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Open Educational Resources and Open Textbooks: Open Educational Resources in Business
Adopting and Creating Open Educational Resources (OER)
Business Open Textbooks
- Open Stax Textbooks - BusinessHigh quality, peer-reviewed textbooks in Business Ethics, Business Law, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, Accounting, Management and more. Openly licensed and 100% free.To access faculty-only materials, create a free OpenStax account.
- Open Textbook Library - BusinessComplete textbooks that have been reviewed by a variety of college and university faculty, and can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
- OER Commons - Open Textbooks in Business & CommunicationOER Commons is a large repository that includes all kinds of Open Educational Resources. Textbooks here include subjects of: Accounting, Communication, Finance, Journalism, Management, Marketing and Public Relations. Use the search limiters to narrow by education level, material type (i.e. Textbooks) and subject.
Open Businesses Assignments and Courses
- Wikipedia in the Classroom: Business ExampleThis article, from WikiEDU, describes Amy Carleton’s Advanced Writing in the Business Administration Professions course at Northeastern University, in which students created and edited Wikipedia entries on topics such as international entrepreneur rule and corporate social responsibility.
- FinTech: Shaping the Financial World (MIT Open Courseware)This course about financial technology, or FinTech, is for students wishing to explore the ways in which new technologies are disrupting the financial services industry—driving material change in business models, products, applications and customer user interface. MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
OER Case Studies
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others.
- MerlotBusiness case studies from Merlot Materials. Cases contributed and used by an international education community.
- Enduring Legacies Native Cases - Business and ManagmentCases from The Evergreen State College, Northwest Indian College, Salish Kootenai College, Grays Harbor College, The University of Alaska-Anchorage, and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.
Business OER Examples
Entrepreneurship by ISBN: 978-1-947172-70-8Publication Date: Jan 16, 2020This textbook is intended for use in introductory Entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate level. Due to the wide range of audiences and course approaches, the book is designed to be as flexible as possible. Theoretical and practical aspects are presented in a balanced manner, and specific components such as the business plan are provided in multiple formats. Entrepreneurship aims to drive students toward active participation in entrepreneurial roles, and exposes them to a wide range of companies and scenarios.
Introduction to Financial Accounting: U.S. GAAP Adaptation by Publication Date: 2019This textbook is an adaptation by D. Marchand and Athabasca University of the original text written by D. Annand and H. Dauderis. It is intended for use in entry-level college and university courses in financial accounting. A corporate approach is utilized consistently throughout the book.The adapted textbook includes multiple ancillary student and instructor resources. Student aids include solutions to all end-of-chapter questions and problems, and randomly-generated spreadsheet problems that cover key concepts of each chapter.
Strategic Management by ISBN: 9781949373950Publication Date: 2020-07-31Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism.
Financial Management for Small Businesses: Financial Statements & Present Value Models by Publication Date: January 10, 2020This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses.
