OER Knowledge CloudJournal Article2010Feldstein, AndrewMartin, MirtaHudson, AmyWarren, KiaraHilton, JohnWiley, Davidweb based instructionusabilitytextbooksstudent surveysstudent costsstudent attitudesprogram effectivenesspilot projectsOpen Source technologymultimedia materialsgrades (scholastic)electronic publishingeducational technologyeconomicsdistance educationdata analysiscurriculum implementationcourse contentcorrelationcore curriculumcopyrightscomputer uses in educationcomparative analysiscollege instructionBusiness Administration educationaccess to informationaccess to educationUnited StatesEuropean Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning21-91027-5207This study reports findings from a year-long pilot study during which 991 students in 9 core courses in the Virginia State University School of Business replaced traditional textbooks with openly licensed books and other digital content. The university made a deliberate decision to use open textbooks that were copyrighted under the Creative Commons license. This decision was based on the accessibility and flexibility in the delivery of course content provided by open textbooks. More students accessed digital open textbooks than had previously purchased hard copies of textbooks. Higher grades were correlated with courses that used open textbooks. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.)yeshttp://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2012/Feldsteint_et_al.pdfhttp://www.eurodl.org/materials/contrib/2012/Feldsteint_et_al.pdfFeldsteint_et_al.pdfUnited States, North America