Nonprofit based at Rice University, funded by Gates and Hewlett foundations. OpenStax textbooks are among the most commonly used across the country and often offer free ancillary materials.
A leader in supporting the production of open textbooks and other OER through financial support from the Canadian government and the Hewlett Foundation. The BCcampus Open Collection offers many free, open, and customizable materials by course or subject.
California-based project supported by $5 million from the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project. Its "Explore the Libraries" tab features OER in a range of subjects plus workforce materials.
This site indexes numerous repositories to aid the researcher in locating open educational resources by type, including images, simulations, slides, videos, and textbooks. The site also offers OER training materials and an attribution builder.
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The OER Commons is a digital library that allows for easy discovery of OER. The platform also offers tools to help with modification and creation of OER
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The Open Illinois hub on OER Commons is a centralized repository that provides materials helpful to Illinois academic and research institutions in developing OER and advocating for adoption of OER on their campuses to reduce student costs. | |
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Maintained by the Open Education Network, the Open Textbook Library is a digital library of open textbooks that in many cases have been reviewed by faculty. It is one of the most comprehensive collections of open textbooks. |
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Skills Commons is a free and open online library of learning materials and program support materials for job-driven workforce development. Created by the US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program, designed and managed by the California State University Long Beach (CSULB). |