Information about Open Educational Resources
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) Initiative at the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation. Apply for a mini-grant to adopt or adapt OER.
The Hewlett Foundations’ OER Page. They offer lots of information and grant opportunities.
University of Pittsburgh’s OER Big List of Resources
Open Educational Resources
Creative Commons Organization Curated Collection of Open Education Resources
Open Courseware at MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s catalog of fully open textbooks
MERLOT – an online repository of materials donated by a large consortium of colleges and universities
University of Minnesota‘s library of open online textbooks
Openstax – a collection of open online textbooks
Lumen Learning – a curated collection of OER with editing software
OER Commons – a library of public, open resources
Psychology 101 textbook written and generously licensed openly by Dr. Scott Roberts at the University of Maryland.
#GoOpenMichigan – Michigan State’s comprehensive repository of open-source materials.
Open Learn – A free open university based in the United Kingdom
Open Yale – Free and open access to selected introductory-level courses taught at Yale University.
Humboldt State OER – The OER library used by Humboldt State University in Northern California.
Open College Textbooks – a 501(C)(3) established in 2008 and dedicated to producing peer-reviewed, open textbooks.
Johns Hopkins Open Courseware – Open health courses and materials from JHU.
Open SUNY – State Universities of New York’s library of open source texts.
UMass Boston – Open courseware available from the University of Massachusetts.
Open Culture – open sources textbooks, movies, language software, and other media.
Bozeman Science – lots of video content for biology, earth science, physics, and more.
Please remember to use OER legally. Consult the Creative Commons website for more information on licensing.
Look for the CC symbol at the bottom of any resource. License your work so that others can use it too.
If you find a great resource for Open Source material, email the link to tdirusso@umes.edu with a note on what the resource has to offer. I will be glad to add it to this page.
