Highlighted Books
Open Educational Resources in Higher Education A Global Perspective by Publication Date: 2023
Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy by Publication Date: 2022
Giving Knowledge for Free The Emergence of Open Educational Resources by Publication Date: 2007
OER Repositories
Use and availability of Open Educational Resources is growing. Here is a list of some of the digital repositories that offer OER materials - these can range from open and free textbooks, class tutorials, quizzes and exams, lesson plans, case studies, etc.
- Academic Commons Academic Commons provides global access to research and scholarship produced at Columbia University.
- Applied Math and Science Educational Repository AMSER is a portal of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in Community and Technical Colleges but free for anyone to use.
- MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OpenCourseWare is a web based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
- Open Michigan Open Michigan enables the University of Michigan community to make the products of its research, teaching, and creative work available to the world beyond campus.
- Open DOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories) OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held.
- OER Commons OER Commons forges alliances between trusted content providers and creative users and re-users of OER.
- OpenStax OpenStax is a nonprofit educational technology initiative based at Rice University.
- MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) MERLOT provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
- SPARC SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design.
- Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is an online library of more than 70,000 free eBooks.
- Open Yale Courses Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.
- World History Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia is a nonprofit educational company that publishes and maintains articles, images, videos, podcasts, and interactive educational tools related to history.
- MLA Commons MLA Commons is the scholarly network for MLA members. Discover the latest open-access scholarship and teaching materials, join language and literature discussion groups.
- OER Knowledge Cloud The OER Knowledge Cloud is a curated database and repository to identify, collect, preserve and disseminate documents related to open educational resources.
- Writing Commons Writing Commons is an award-winning, peer-reviewed encyclopedia on writing. They publish original articles on topics of interest to students and teachers.
- OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search) Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier.
OER Repositories (video)
