Why Switch to OpenStax?

Getting Started with OpenStax

Free and Open Access

OpenStax books are available to students in online and PDF formats at no cost, making your course materials, and more importantly, education more accessible!

Flexibility for Instructors

Thanks to our books' Creative Commons licensing, instructors are no longer bound by copyright or digital rights restrictions. Some faculty use this freedom to rethink their course design or even customize their book. You are, of course, welcome to adopt an OpenStax book as-is with your current course design.

Easy Transition

OpenStax texts are developed to meet the same quality and standard scope and sequence requirements that you expect from traditional publishers. Most of our adopting faculty report that the transition takes no more effort than it would with any other textbook change.

Getting Started

If you would like more information on how to use OpenStax resources, please refer to our Instructor Getting Started Guide, which helps instructors through the process of adopting and using each of our textbooks.

To view all our published titles, visit the OpenStax Subjects page. Clicking on a book cover will take you to the book's page on OpenStax.org, where you can download the book and explore supplemental resources created for your book.