The Open Textbook Challenge « The Saylor Foundation

The Open Textbook Challenge

The Saylor Foundation is offering $20,000 for accepted textbooks aligning with eligible Saylor Foundation courses, if the copyright holder will re-license them as CC-BY!

Did you know that, according to the College Board, the average college student at a four-year public school spends over $1,000 for textbooks each year? This means that in just America alone, the total cost for course materials is in the billions of dollars. These high costs are greatly impacting students’ access to education, with 7 of 10 students reporting they’ve not purchased a textbook simply because of its cost.

We need to provide a cost-free alternative, and we need your help doing so. If you know about a textbook that might be eligible for inclusion in one of The Saylor Foundation’s free, online college-level courses, let us know! We are offering potentially millions of dollars in bounties and awards for referrals and submissions that meet our criteria.

We now have two different submission options for textbook authors. If you hold the copyright for a completed textbooks that aligns with one of our eligible courses, you can submit the textbook for review right now. If you are a Ph.D. with experience teaching one of our eligible courses, click below to learn more about developing a textbook for us.