# Open Educational Resources with Anthony Palmiotto of OpenStax - #17

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Podcast: [The Aspiring STEM Geek](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-aspiring-stem-geek-7042899)
Published: 2025-11-24T16:02:25+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode I talk with Anthony Palmiotto of OpenStax. The episode focuses on Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Educational Resources include open-source textbooks that are free to students and instructors. In the episode we talk about how OpenStax develops open-source textbooks, how different universities are utilizing open educational resources, the experts who contribute to open-source textbooks and comparing open educational resources to proprietary textbook publishers. I want to thank the OpenStax organization for all their work. It is impactful to provide textbooks to students, instructors and schools that are struggling financially. I also want to thank all the experts that have contributed to open-source textbooks. If you are a student or instructor, please share this with your administration and hopefully we can get more free educational resources into the hands of people who need it. Thank you and I hope you enjoy the conversation! For any instructors that want to contribute to OER here is the form to contact OpenStax admin: https://openstax.org/contact/ Open-Source Textbooks available from OpenStax: https://openstax.org/subjects OpenStax Assignable: https://openstax.org/assignable OpenStax for K-12 Teachers: https://openstax.org/k12 ARTICLES: What are open educational resources (OER)? from OpenStax: https://openstax.org/blog/what-are-oer UConn Leading State’s Open Textbook Initiative from UConn Today: https://today.uconn.edu/2016/02/uconn-leading-states-open-textbook-initiative/ About CC Licenses from creativecommons.org: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/ Rubin Observatory basks in galactic glow from Space.com: https://www.space.com/astronomy/rubin-observatory-basks-in-galactic-glow-space-photo-of-the-day-for-nov-3-2025 OpenSta…

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