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Open textbooks are free, online learning materials with Creative Commons licenses. Many of the collections will have links to the same books, but each will have a particular focus, and items you can't find in other collections.
- Open Textbook LibraryCreated by the University of Minnesota to support development of high-quality open textbooks in various subjects.
- LibreTextsMission is to unite students, faculty and scholars in a
cooperative effort to develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER). - OpenstaxInitiated by Rice University, their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed to ensure they meet the scope and sequence requirements of college courses. Many textbooks include ancillary materials.
- OER CommonsProvides college-level open textbooks from higher education institutions around the world. Can be browsed and has ancillary resources for open textbooks.
- Saylor AcademyCollection of freely available open textbooks for download, online reading, and sharing.
- MERLOT Open TextbookMultimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a curated resource of free and online textbooks for use in teaching and learning. Find MERLOT OER that can be used to supplement most textbooks by searching using the ISBN.
- BC Campus OpenEdOpen textbooks for the 40 highest enrolled first- and second-year subject areas in the British Columbia's public, post-secondary system.
- Milne Open TextbooksWith the initiative of the SUNY Libraries, Milne Open Textbooks publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks for use in higher education.
OER Repositories
OER repositories contain more than just open textbooks. All content featured within these pages is free but usage rights vary. Materials in these repositories are released under a Creative Commons license while some are in the public domain.
- OER CommonsFunded by ISKME, OER Commons is a library of OER materials containing over 50,000 high-quality OER.
- Lumen LearningSupports faculty in identifying and selecting high quality OER, aligning these to learning outcomes, and assembling them to create OER-based courses.
- MERLOT IIFree, peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials maintained by the California State University System.
- MIT OpenCourseWareA web-based publication of materials from thousands of MIT courses. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
- Internet ArchiveThis library contains downloadable free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities across the globe.
Why Open Textbooks?
Library E-Books as Textbook Alternative
Library E-books can also be used as textbook alternative or supplemental materials to enhance delivery of your course. Chapters or pages within an e-book can be downloaded and linked to directly from Canvas.
OER Metafinder Search Tool
Search many repositories listed on this guide at the same time via the Mason MetaFinder. Can be overwhelming, so use precise search terms and eliminate repositories that contain irrelevant materials from the initial search.
Attribution
Open Educational Resources (OER) Guide at Lansing Community College, created by Regina Gong, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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