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OER: Finding Open Education Resources

 

Finding OER

Open Textbook Library: A collection of more than 600 complete, open textbooks. All textbooks have been reviewed by faculty, and are either in use at multiple higher education institutions, or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

OpenStax: Nonprofit educational initiative based at Rice University. OpenStax textbooks are included in Open Textbook Library, but this site provides additional free resources for verified instructors, such as PowerPoint slides and solutions to end-of-chapter problems.  

 OER Commons: Access to textbooks, syllabi, lesson plans, assessments, lecture notes, and much more. 

 LibreTexts: Online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources.

 Merlot: Access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners, and researchers.


 Bccampus Open Textbook CollectionFrom BCcampus, "a publicly funded organization that uses information technology to connect the expertise, programs, and resources of all British Columbe post-secondary institutions." 

Mason OER Metafinder (MOM): A real-time, federated search of 21 OER content sites.  


Open SUNY Textbooks: Search openly licensed educational material authored by SUNY faculty.

 Google Advanced Search: Find images, videos or text that you have permission to use by selecting the "usage rights" filter on the Advanced Search screen. 


Sites with freely available video collections:

Library of Congress National Screening Room

Moving Image Archive from the Internet Archive

U.S. National Archives videos on YouTube