OpenStax: peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks (all disciplines)

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Peer-reviewed text books. Openly licensed. 100% free.

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OpenStax, and Rice University (2021). Openstax: peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks (all disciplines). National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/openstax-peer-reviewed-openly-licensed-college-textbooks-all-disciplines/ License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY).

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