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Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)

Resource guide for instructors interested in adopting Open Access or Zero-Cost resources for their courses.

Accounting OERs by Course Number

List of open access textbooks for Accounting and Finance courses.

Mitchell Franklin, Patty Graybeal, Dixon Cooper; published 2019, updated 2023.

Comprehensive introductory text for Accounting classes, that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Thoughtfully designed examples throughout each unit allow students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to business processes.

  • OpenStax (includes instructor resources such as: Canvas Course Cartridge, Getting Started Guide, Solution Manual, and more)
Mitchell Franklin, Patty Graybeal, Dixon Cooper, published 2019, updated 2023.

Part 2 of the above introductory text for Accounting classes, with this one focusing on the basics of managerial accounting. This book is designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields.

  • OpenStax (includes instructor resources such as: Canvas Course Cartridge, Getting Started Guide, Solution Manual, and more)
Noreen Brown, Barbara Lave, and Julie Romey, Open Oregon Educational Resources, 2017, updated 2019.

"This textbook was written for a community college introductory course in spreadsheets utilizing Microsoft Excel. While the figures shown utilize Excel 2019, the textbook was written to be applicable to other versions of Excel as well. The book introduces new users to the basics of spreadsheets and is appropriate for students in any major who have not used Excel before. This textbook includes instructions for Excel for Mac also."

Slightly outdated, open to edits as long as the updated resource is published under the same Creative Commons license.

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