Research Guides: Open Educational Resources: Open Textbook Collections

Let's Get Started

The Open Textbook movement focuses on the creation of books that are built specifically for use as free or low-cost options for education. To get started, visit the 3 collections below. There may be some overlap between these collections.

Open Textbook Library
OTL, with over 350 books, is a clearinghouse of links to books in various locations, including OpenStax, Saylor and others. Books in the OTL have been peer reviewed for quality, and the Open Textbook Library has multiple criteria for inclusion in the Library.
Openstax
These books were developed following traditional textbook publishing methods, including peer review, editorial support, and creation of ancillary content. Books are available in multiple formats (PDF, print on demand, on the Web) and are licensed to be revised and remixed by faculty who want create a custom solution for a course.
BC Campus OpenED
This site includes texts written specifically for the BC OpenTextbook initiative, as well as books from other sources.

Open ebook Collections

Want some more open ebook collections? Check these out:

American Institute of Mathematics - Approved Open Textbooks
Open textbooks judged to have met the AIM Editorial Board's evaluation criteria. Subdivided by topic and listed by title.
The Directory of Open Access Books
This site is a clearinghouse of links to books hosted in various locations, and includes a large selection of international textbooks.
GALILEO
GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary materials.
IntechOpen
The "largest multidisciplinary open access publisher of books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine."
LibreTexts
The LibreTexts project is a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop the next generation of open-access educational materials. LibreTexts provides an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of cost free OER aimed at reducing the burdens of unreasonable textbook costs on our students. LibreTexts also includes content. At present there are 398 LibreTexts, supplemented with other OER including: simulations, demonstrations, homework exercises, worksheets, visualizations, and more
NOBA Psychology
Expertly compiled from Noba modules to fit the scope and sequence of common courses. Use them as-is or customize them to fit your needs. Instructor manual, PowerPoint presentations, and test bank available for many modules.
Open Access Publishing in European Networks
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. OAPEN has books in multiple languages and covering a large variety of topics. There is a range of licensing for the books, but each books is clearly marked with the license.
PDX Open
PDXOpen is an open access textbook publishing initiative to support Portland State faculty developing open access textbooks. We work with faculty authors to publish high-quality open access textbooks designed specifically for their courses, that are free to students at our university and to anyone throughout the world.
Wikibooks
"Wikibooks is a Wikimedia project for collaboratively writing open-content textbooks" being developed in a similar process to how Wikipedia was developed.