Open Educational Resources
Searching for OER
- OER Commons Advanced SearchLink out to the advanced search option for OER Commons.
- Google Advanced SearchGoogle's Advanced Search screen has an option to filter your results by 'usage rights'.
- Google Advanced Search ScreenPDF of an example search for an introductory health open textbook.
- The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)Real-time federated search for OER content.
- Information RequestUse this online form to request information on Open Educational Resources available for your course or discipline.
Open Textbook Collections
- BC OpenEdA curated collection of open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty.
- OpenStaxPeer-reviewed. Openly licensed. 100% free. And backed by additional learning resources. Review our OpenStax textbooks and decide if they are right for your course. Simple to adopt, free to use. We make it easy to improve student access to higher education.
- Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg offers over 53,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
- Open RNThe Open Resources for Nursing program, hosted by Chippewa Valley Technical College and funded in part by the Department of Education, is creating open access textbooks for nursing. As of 2021, they have books on pharmacology, nursing skills, and nursing fundamentals with more to come.
- Open Textbook LibraryHosted by the University of Minnesota, Open Textbook Library provides access to almost a thousand open textbooks in a variety of subjects. More textbooks are in development, so if you don't see what you need, check back again soon.
AVL OER Commons
- The Alabama OER Commons is a place for Alabama educators, students, and the general public to find and share free educational resources.
- We aim to bring together in one location some of the most useful OER textbooks and other materials available, and also to provide a central location for OER that are “made in Alabama” - original creations, as well as OER that have been adapted or remixed to fit the needs of Alabama students and residents.
- The Alabama OER Commons is sponsored by the Alabama Virtual Library (AVL). Become a part of Alabama’s OER community by joining one of the groups listed below! We welcome Alabama residents who want to share their knowledge with each other and with the world.
Open Educational Repositories
- AMSERAMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use
- ConnexionsView and share free educational material in small modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports or other academic assignments.
- MerlotMERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
- OER CommonsOER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Open Educational Multimedia
- TEDInspiring thinkers on a range of subjects present big ideas and lectures on a regular basis- completely CC licensed.
- Hippo CampusHippoCampus.org is a free, core academic web site that delivers rich multimedia content--videos, animations, and simulations--on general education subjects to middle-school and high-school teachers and college professors, and their students, free of charge.
- Khan AcademyKhan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.