Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice. CJ Ivory and Angela Pashia, eds. Chicago: ACRL Press, 2022, 299p. $92 ($82.80 ALA members) ISBN: 978-0-8389-3678-8.

Beatrice Canales

Abstract

As I reviewed this book in early 2023, several states were demonstrating that they are afraid of the lessons of the past. They see Critical Race Theory (CRT) in education as a threat to academic and secondary institutions. But Open Education Resources (OER) is a game changer to Social Justice and CRT educational areas. CJ Ivory and Angela Pashia share sixteen chapters that discuss the origins of OER and CRT and related issues, including decolonizing OER and how to support faculty development in social justice using innovative OER platforms. In addition, each chapter offers a plethora of scholarly references in related areas of social justice/DEI and Open Educational scholarly research

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