No-Cost and Low-Cost Textbooks and Other Course Materials

CCSNH and the Board of Trustees have identified the adoption of no-cost and low-cost (NoLo) educational resources, including Open Educational Resources (OER), as a system-wide priority.​​​​​​​

The advantages of increased use of open resources include lower course material costs for students, enhanced attainment of learning outcomes, improved student access to learning materials, and greater flexibility for instructors to customize learning materials.​​​​​​​

Mission

Support and encourage faculty, staff, and administrators to adopt, revise, create, and share Open Education Resources in order to increase student learning, increase student access to high quality, diverse course materials, and decrease cost to students.

Vision

Open CCSNH is committed to high-quality, diverse, and innovative educational materials which are openly accessible to all CCSNH students at no or low cost.  CCSNH is also committed to supporting its colleges with the time and financial resources needed to enhance student success through Open Pedagogy and the adoption and creation of Open Education Resources.

Open CCSNH Contacts on Each Campus

Each campus has representatives to the system’s OER taskforce as well as its own campus taskforce. Reach out to anyone on this list for more information and support.

Great Bay Community College

Lakes Region Community College

Manchester Community College

Nashua Community College

NHTI- Concord’s Community College

River Valley Community College

White Mountains Community College