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FIND OPEN TEXTBOOKS
The following resources can be used to locate high quality, peer-reviewed open textbooks in a variety of subject areas. Most of these resources also provide evaluative information about the textbooks they contain, such as faculty reviews, accessibility reviews, and usage statistics.
A directory of all the books (textbooks, handbooks, and other text-based media) published on Pressbooks, a popular OER-authoring tool.
The Open Textbook Library provides an easy-to-use interface for locating and evaluating OER. Along with peer-reviewed textbooks, the OTL provides reviews from faculty who have adopted their texts for courses.
An integrated search tool by SUNY that contains over 300,000 records and is searchable by subject and type of resource.
The British Columbia Campus Consortium's OER repository, BCCampus OpenEd collects textbooks from a variety of resources, including the books housed in OpenStax and others.
OpenStax is one of the most popular OER repositories in use today, and provides textbooks for college as well as high school AP courses.
Created by UC Davis with the support of Dept of Education grants, LibreTexts contains open textbooks and other OER in subjects like Chemistry, Biology, Nutrition, Music Theory, Physics, Agriculture, and more!
FIND OPEN MATERIALS
Other open educational resources (syllabi, course handouts, lesson plans, etc) can be found in the following OER repositories. Some, like OER Commons, contain open textbooks as well as other course materials. Others, like Open Learn, host live course content and provide users with "badges" to indicate if they have completed a course.
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers. A unique feature of MERLOT is it's ability to search by ISBN.
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons currently includes open educational materials in broad subject areas. Materials include lesson plans, textbooks, activities, assessments, readings, and more.
A catalog of interactive open content created and cataloged by faculty at Ontario-based postsecondary institutions. H5P content can be embedded into a website as self-study materials for students and other fun activities.
Includes “interactive simulations for science and math.” Can be useful for mathematics, physics, engineering, and other subjects.
The QUBES platform hosts hundreds of teaching materials, reference materials, and cloud-based software free to use and adapt. The focus is on STEM resources.
A growing repository of materials developed by Federal TAACCCT Grant recipient colleges. Includes these industries: Construction; Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting; Educational Services; Health Care & Social Assistance; Administrative & Support Services; Repair & Maintenance; Manufacturing, and others!
A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, OpenCourseWare is open, available globally, and a permanent MIT activity.
Adapted from OER Repositories by Iowa State University Library under a CC BY 4.0 International License
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