Open Educational Resources: Find

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed academic materials.

Where to Find OER

While the Open Textbook Network (OTN)/Open Textbook Library is a great resource for finding OER, it is far from the only resource. Here are some more places to find more OER that are freely available for instructors and students to use.

OASIS
OASIS is a search tools that searches open content (books, videos, course materials, and more) from 97 different sources.

Open Access Books

OpenStax College
Rice University publishes this collection of peer-reviewed open textbooks with interactive components.
OER Commons
A large repository of open education resources, searchable by format, subject and education level. Also includes an authoring tool for those interested in publishing and disseminating their own materials.

Complete Courses

Academic Earth
Lectures and videos from some of the most respected instructors around the world.
Coursera
Large library of MOOCs, some of which have material freely licensed for reuse.

Using Google Advanced Search to Find OER

Multimedia

TED
Inspiring speakers on a wide range of subjects; competed CC licensed.
Khan Academy
Hundred of short educational videos covering many subjects, particularly science and math.
Wikimedia Commons
A collection of millions of openly licensed/public domain images, video, and music files.