LibGuides: OER: Open Educational Resources: Find OER Textbooks and Learning Materials

Popular OER textbook platforms & repositories

Open Learning Initiative OLI
Openstax
Open SUNY Textbooks
Libretext
Open Textbook Library (U. Minnesota)
Lumen Learning (SUNY currently has an agreement with Lumen
Open Washington (multiple links to OER libraries and OER developed by colleges and k-12 in Washington State)
Washington University Open Scholarship (books, courseware and more)

Sources of open courses and syllabi

A growing number of universities and their faculties have developed OER courses or have made syllabi, assignments and other related materials available as OER. Please note that not every OER course is cost-free: some are designed around a specific published text or require other purchases.

MIT Opencourseware
Lumen Learning
NOTE: SUNY currently has a contract with Lumen that enables faculty to use lumen OER courses at no charge. See
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https://oer.suny.edu/
Open Yale Courses
U Mass Boston Open Courseware
Washington University Open Scholarship
Open Ontario

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OE Global
A consortium of institutions that promote OER and make OER content available
DOERS3

Public Domain Works

Global Grey Books
UK-based site of public-domain books, mostly literature. Ebooks are available in several file formats.

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OER: Open Educational Resources

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Popular OER textbook platforms & repositories

Sources of open courses and syllabi

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Public Domain Works