Library Guides: Open Educational Resources: Discovering OERs

Discovering OERs

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There are many repositories containing different types of open educational resources. Listed below are categories of resources that include open and reusable resources. These are resources that can be used in courses or from which new content can be created.

Open Textbook Repositories for Higher Education

BC Campus
Open textbooks and resources to assist in the adaptation of open textbooks.
Bookboon
Over 1,000 free and open textbooks.
DOAB Directory of Open Access Textbooks
Peer-reviewed textbooks.
LibreTexts
Easy-to-use online platform for Open Educational Resources (OER).
OpenStax Textbooks
Free, openly licensed, peer-reviewed textbooks.
OPEN SUNY Textbooks
Open textbooks and course content searchable by subject.
Open Textbook Library
Textbooks licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
OPENTX
Digital repository of OER for higher education.

Repositories with Broad Coverage: Openly-Licensed Digital Learning Content Adaptable for Use in Courses

MERLOT
Course materials and course content creation tools. Materials have been peer reviewed, rated, and license information is clearly noted.
OER Commons
Searchable digital content for a variety of disciplines. Training resources in authoring and adaptation of OER materials.
WISC-Online
Digital library of resources to be adapted and used as licensed.

Open Course Repositories

MITOPENCOURSEWARE
Includes courses within the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
OpenLearn
United Kingdom's Open University with 900 free courses including instruction on the creation of open and free content.
openmichigan
A range of course materials, videos, and lectures from the University of Michigan. Content is openly licensed for reuse under Creative Commons licenses.
University of Oxford Podcasts
A series of podcasts on a variety of topics. Content is licensed by Creative Commons licenses for remixing and sharing.
Yale University Open Courses
Courses licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licenses.