A lot of research over the last decade has looked at whether the use of OERs improved learning outcomes and have concluded that there's no significant difference. This is what you would expect (and hope!) if they're just switching from commercial to non-commercial texts. But we finally have in this paper (14 page PDF) a study that makes the truly relevant comparison, that between OER access and no access. Not surprisingly, some academic improvements begin to show up.
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