Book Title: Queen's Open Textbook Authoring Guide
Subtitle: A Guide to Authoring & Adapting Open Textbooks
Book Description: This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the Pressbooks platform. It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed. The primary audience for this book is community members at Queen's University, Ontario who are interested in creating Open Educational Resources; however, there may be content within this book that is useful to others working on similar Open Educational Resource initiatives.
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Book Description
This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the PressBooks platform. It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed. The primary audience for this book are faculty at Queen’s University, Ontario who are participating in the eCampusOntario Open Content Initiative. However, there may be content within this book that is useful to others working on similar Open Educational Resource initiatives.
Book Source
This book is a cloned version of Ryerson Open Textbook Authoring Guide by Ryerson University, published using Pressbooks by Ryerson University under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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Queen's Open Textbook Authoring Guide Copyright © 2017 by Queen's University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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