%0 Journal Article %A Hefferon, Jim %A Schueller, Albert %D 2016 %J The Mathematical Intelligencer %K STEM %K open textbooks %K OER creation %K Creative Commons %K beyond commercial publishing %K best practices %P 1–4 %R 10.1007/s00283-015-9606-1 %T Writing an open text %X Includes suggestions on how to create open textbooks in the STEM fields. Also best practices and the advantages and disadvantages of open textbooks. %8 03/2016 %@ 1866-7414 %* does not apply