Recognizing the
substantial savings for students realized through open textbooks, the
British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) has made a $30,000
contribution to BCcampus Open Education to fund the creation of open
educational resources (OER), including open textbooks and ancillary
resources. Since 2012, BCcampus Open Education, formerly known as
the B.C. Open Textbook Project, has saved students across the province
nearly $9 million through the creation of over 250 open textbooks on a
wide variety of subjects, with over 2000 adoptions through 40
participating institutions.