Ambassador and OpenStax Partner, Increasing Affordable Access to Course Materials
Melville, NY and Houston, TX (PRWEB) June 05, 2017 -- The cost of course materials is an increasingly important consideration for students when purchasing textbooks and other resources. In an ongoing commitment to provide accessible, affordable options, Ambassador and OpenStax have forged a partnership to break down barriers through free and low cost learning materials, helping faculty create rich collections of resources and empowering more students to succeed.
"Ambassador is dedicated to helping our client institutions build out the most effective and relevant booklists, taking into account student and faculty needs, program objectives and costs," said Steven M. Blicht, COO of Ambassador. "We are excited to extend access to the OpenStax library of textbooks and eBooks, which means faculty have more options to incorporate high quality, open learning resources. For students, they can now focus more on achieving their academic goals and spend less time worrying about price of their materials."
Based at Rice University, OpenStax provides free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks in print and digital format. One or more OpenStax textbooks are in use at over 3,000 institutions and OpenStax will save students over $100 million this academic year alone.
Through the OpenStax integration with Ambassador's Content Lab, faculty can assemble and curate robust, custom-made collections of digital and print materials, merging content from the OpenStax library with other OER, web articles, blogs, images, videos and other publisher content, as well as the school’s or professor's own content. Ambassador supports OpenStax’s full catalog, including math, science, social sciences and humanities subjects. Faculty can also access OpenStax's instructor-only resources like test banks and solution manuals.
"OpenStax is pleased to partner with Ambassador and offer yet another way faculty and students can access our textbooks,” said David Harris, editor in chief for OpenStax. “Ambassador shares our commitment to providing accessible, affordable options to improve the teaching and learning experience for faculty and students.”
About OpenStax
OpenStax is a nonprofit based at Rice University, and it’s our mission to improve student access to education. Our first openly licensed college textbook was published in 2012, and our library since scaled to more than 20 books for college and AP courses used by hundreds of thousands of students. Our adaptive learning technology, designed to improve learning outcomes through personalized educational paths, is being piloted in college courses across the country. Through our partnerships with philanthropic foundations and our alliance with other educational resource companies, OpenStax is breaking down the most common barriers to learning and empowering students and instructors to succeed.
About Ambassador
Ambassador creates and manages customized content integration programs that connect students with course materials in the most meaningful and effective way, driving down costs and improving outcomes. Integrated with leading SIS, LMS and Digital Content Platforms, we simplify the adoption, management and delivery of textbooks, eBooks, digital resources, custom content, OER, access codes, online testing, supplies, kits, devices and more. We provide an exceptional student experience, lower your operational and financial risk, and deliver key intelligence to measure and enhance programs. For more information, please visit http://www.ambassadored.com.
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Kristi Emerson, Ambassador Education Solutions, http://www.ambassadored.com, +1 800-431-8913, [email protected]
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