Affordable Learning Louisiana

Affordable Learning LOUISiana

The goal of the Affordable Learning LOUISiana initiative, administered by LOUIS (the Louisiana library consortium) with Board of Regents support, is to “save students money on education by reducing the costs of instructional materials through the use of eTextbooks, Open Educational Resources (OERs), and other open access materials.”

Rising costs for tuition and textbooks have become a barrier to academic success and retention for many students on a national level. The use of Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OER) by faculty helps to reduce these costs, and adopting these free resources as alternatives to traditional textbooks is a growing trend in higher education.

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