British Columbia is Canada's leader in adopting OER. The BC Open Campus program, funded by the BC Ministry of Advanced Education launched in 2012 with a mandate to create open textbooks for 40 highest enrollment subject areas in province. The program has grown rapidly since then.
BC Open Textbook Stats
Student savings |
$3-$4M |
Number of B.C. students using open textbooks |
35112 |
Number of B.C. institutions adopting open textbooks |
32 |
Number of B.C. faculty using open textbooks |
283 |
Number of B.C. open textbook adoptions |
1071 |
*as of March 2017. https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/