Introduction to Environmental Studies
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Author: Barclay
Publisher: Aurora University
License: CC BY
The interdisciplinary study of environmental issues that engages with humanities, sciences, and policies.
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Principles of Financial Management
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Author: Carr
Publisher: Aurora University
License: CC BY
This textbook reflects the author’s experience as a finance educator and industry practitioner and draws on foundational finance theory, applied managerial finance practice, open educational resources, and publicly available institutional data. The references listed here represent works that have influenced the author’s analytical framework, teaching approach, and application of financial concepts, rather than serving as direct sources for all explanations or examples. When possible, open-access and freely available sources are prioritized in support of the goals of open education.
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Data Analytics with Applications in Business
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Author: Hearon
Publisher: Aurora University
License: CC BY
In today’s data-driven world, businesses constantly ask: How can we make optimal decisions? How can we predict what will happen next? Data analytics answers these questions and many other by transforming raw data into meaningful insights.
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You're Smarter Than You Think: Statistics
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Author: Dabagh
Publisher: Safaa Dabagh
License: CC BY
You're Smarter Than You Think: Statistics is a free, openly licensed introduction to statistics written for community college students and designed from the ground up for neurodivergent and anxious learners. Every section follows the same six-step rhythm (Read This First, Let's Talk About It, Now We Name It, Watch It Work, Your Turn, Check Your Voice), and every chapter opens with a Math Skills warm-up so a missing arithmetic step never derails a big idea. The book is organized around the student learning outcomes shared by community college statistics courses: describing data, estimating with confidence, and testing claims. It covers data and sampling, graphs, center and spread, probability, distributions, the Central Limit Theorem, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, two-sample tests, ANOVA, chi-square, and regression. Four free Technology Companions (R and RStudio, jamovi, StatCrunch, and the TI-84) carry every method into whatever software a course uses, each keyed chapter by chapter and packaged with ready-made datasets. Graphs, printable work space, answer keys, per-part formula sheets, and a cumulative final-exam prep are included throughout.
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Discrete Mathematics for Information Technology - First Canadian Edition
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Author: Crothers
Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Discrete Mathematics for Information Technology is an applied, student-focused introduction to the mathematical foundations that underpin modern computing. Designed for learners in information technology and business contexts, this textbook bridges theory and practice by connecting core concepts, such as number systems, data representation, logic, proofs, relations, algorithms, Boolean algebra, and graph theory, to real-world applications in programming, networking, databases, and systems design. Each chapter is structured with clear explanations, worked examples, case studies, and programming-oriented exercises that reinforce both conceptual understanding and practical skills. Emphasis is placed on developing analytical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to model and reason about digital systems with precision and confidence. As an open educational resource, the text is adaptable and accessible, supporting a wide range of teaching and learning environments. By integrating mathematical rigor with authentic IT scenarios, this book equips students with the essential tools needed to succeed in modern, data-driven and technology-focused careers.
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Interculturality for Personal Development and Organizational Leadership
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Author: Page
Publisher: Kwantlen Polytechnic University
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Interculturality is a key competency for students and emerging professionals across a variety of fields, from business and education to health care and non-profit leadership. This book bridges academic theory with professional application, helping learners to develop self-awareness and cultural humility. This text also seeks to equip students with practical analytical and communication skills that can be immediately applied in personal and workplace situations. It also seeks to ground students in a foundation for professional leadership in justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). Drawing on both established and emerging frameworks, the text exposes students to diverse perspectives on interculturality, inviting them to critically evaluate established and emerging viewpoints through reflective exercises and case studies. Additionally, this resource integrates the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), connecting interculturality with meaningful local and global action. Learners are also prepared for meaningful action through the framework of Inclusive Innovation, using tools to foster equitable environments and lead transformative change in their workplaces, organizations, and communities.
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Advanced Indonesian
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Authors: Wijaya and Ranjan
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY-NC
In response to the lack of advanced Indonesian instructional materials, our lessons aim to elevate learners’ language skills to an advanced-mid to advanced-high level, aligning with ACTFL proficiency guidelines. The lessons in this textbook address the dearth of advanced Indonesian language resources by delving into current topics and events related to gender, lifestyle, human rights, environment, economy, and language preservation. We utilize authentic materials sourced from online newspapers, editorials, blogs, vlogs, journals, and YouTube, ensuring that learners engage with real-world language contexts.
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Basic Bangla
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Authors: Dey and Ranjan
Publisher: Michigan State University
License: CC BY-NC
This theme based, interactive, open-source online textbook is designed for beginning level learners of Bangla language. By using this book, a learner will learn Bangla vowel and consonant sounds and letters, basic grammar of the language, important vocabulary, useful expressions, and—most importantly—communicative skill.
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Antitrust: Principles, Cases, and Materials - 4th Edition
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Authors: Francis and Sprigman
Publisher: Daniel Francis and Christopher Jon Sprigman
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Antitrust: Principles, Cases, and Materials (4th Edition) is a free antitrust law textbook designed for a three-credit or four-credit antitrust course (we teach the four-credit course at NYU School of Law).
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Writing Our Bodies
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Authors: Bhattacharya, Sweeney, Yuan, and Kessler Lee
Publisher: Saint Mary's College of California
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Writing Our Bodies offers students a holistic approach to writing that intertwines embodied rhetorics with critical inquiry and academic conventions. Beginning with an introduction to rhetorical embodiment and personal experience, the text guides learners through writing to analyze, take a stand, revise, synthesize sources, and make arguments with research, while attending to how identity, technology, linguistic diversity, and power influence both reading and writing. Emphasizing reflection, audience awareness, disciplinary literacy, and ethical source use, this resource prepares students to write purposefully across contexts and audiences.
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