Open Educational Resources for Faculty

OpenStax, a publishing initiative of Rice University, develops high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are free online and low cost in print.

The Open Textbook Library provides one of the most comprehensive catalog of peer-reviewed, openly-licensed textbooks.

A non-commercial open textbook organization initiated at the University of California, Davis.

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.

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.

Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 115 different sources and contains over 450,000 records. Many records are learning objects other than textbooks, such as videos, course modules, ancillary materials, etc.

The OER Metafinder performs a simultaneous search across 19 different sources of open educational materials.