Use of Open Textbook shows increased retention and completion rates

The University System of Georgia (USG) announced the following results from their Summer and Fall 2013 use of an open textbook for US History:

“The first USG Open Textbook was made for the core curriculum US History I course and implemented in eCore in Summer and Fall 2013.

In Spring 2013, prior to open text implementation: 88% HIST 2111 retention rate.
In Summer 2013, the first semester with the Open Textbook, retention increased to 94%.
Successful completion (grades A, B, and C) rose from 56% in the spring to 84% in the summer with the open textbook.

–Retention is the measure of non-withdrawals (grades A,B,C,D,F)

–Successful course completion is the measure of grades A, B, and C. Non-successful course completion is the measure of grades D, F, W, and WF.”

Source: Slide 11 on http://slidegur.com/doc/353707/retention-and-completion-with-oer-implementation

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