Abstract
In this paper, 936 faculty free response reviews of open textbooks from the Open Textbook Library were analyzed for content and themes. The reviews were completed by faculty members at institutions in the United States and Canada. The textbooks were evaluated regarding their comprehensiveness, content accuracy, relevance longevity, clarity, consistency, modularity, organization structure flow, interface, grammatical errors, and cultural relevance. The results of the reviews found that the across 9360 comments regarding the quality of open textbooks, of these comments 97.3% reflected adequate or exceptional reviews of the textbooks. Faculty often compared the texts to traditional textbooks and in all mentions of comparison, the open textbook were regarded to be of equal or superior quality. The results of this study aid in alleviating concerns regarding quality of Open Educational Resources (OER) and provide peer reviews that faculty who consider adopting these textbooks often request. Limitations of the study and further prescriptions for research regarding OER quality and peer review research have been explored in the study.
Degree
MS
College and Department
David O. McKay School of Education; Instructional Psychology and Technology
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Belikov, Olga Maria, "Faculty Perceptions of Open Educational Resources Quality by Peer Review" (2017). Theses and Dissertations. 7241.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7241
Date Submitted
2017-12-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd9700
Keywords
open educational resources, open licenses, open textbooks, peer review
Language
english