Book Title: Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks
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Book Description: This guide is for those wanting to author or project manage the publication of an open textbook. Content includes onboarding information for authors, project management advice, useful templates and checklists and copyright advice.
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Book Description
The Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks is written for Monash University Library staff who wish to project manage the publication of an open textbook. The Guide will also be helpful to Monash staff wishing to author an open textbook.
Content includes:
- Project planning
- Copyright and privacy
- Creating your book
- Reviewing and editing your book
- Publishing and maintaining your book.
This book was written for a Monash University audience, but we hope that others will find it a helpful resource to refer to in their own contexts.
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Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks Copyright © 2025 by Monash University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
Subject
Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy
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Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks Copyright © 2025 by Monash University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
This book was published by Monash University via the Council of Australasian University Librarians Open Educational Resources Collective. The online version is available at https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/monash-uni-open-book-pub-guide
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Note that corporate logos and branding are specifically excluded from the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial Licence of this work, and may not be reproduced under any circumstances without the express written permission of the copyright holders.
Copyright
Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks by Megan Deacon, Jenny Fafeita, Eva Fisch and Susie Phillips is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 Licence.
Recommended citation: Deacon, M., Fafeita, J., Fisch, E., & Phillips, S. (2025). Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks. Monash University. https://oercollective.caul.edu.au/monash-uni-open-book-pub-guide
Recommended attribution: Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks by Megan Deacon, Jenny Fafeita, Eva Fisch and Susie Phillips is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license
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