150 Free Textbooks: A Meta Collection
Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities.
Harvard Open Courses for Free
At Harvard Extension School, free and open learning is hardly a new concept. In fact, the Extension School was founded with this mission in mind: to create an affordable way for any motivated student to take courses at Harvard. We stay true to this mission today, offering several free courses and nearly 800 for-credit courses at reasonable tuition rates. Explore our series of free or low-cost courses below.
OER Basics - Open Textbooks, OER & Other Open or Free Resources for Faculty - LibGuides at Kirkwood Community College Libraries
Q: It's nice to save students money, but my students truly need print books. Doesn't that mean I need to stick with traditional textbook publishers? A: There is always a print option for OER. Sometimes the OER platform itself will offer a printed and bound textbook which can be ordered directly from the website, or purchase can be brokered through the Kirkwood Bookstore, as a traditional textbook would be.
400 Free Online Courses from Top Universities
Advertisment Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Our site also features collections of Online Certificate Programs and Online Degree & Mini-Degree Programs. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
Princeton University: Free Course Offerings
Princeton faculty teach noncredit courses in a variety of subjects through the educational websites Coursera and NovoEd, which partner with dozens of U.S. and international universities. Courses offered through these platforms allow for interactive learning through the use of video lectures embedded with quizzes, a wide range of assignments, and online discussion forums. NovoEd courses provide novel ways for learners to join online teams to discuss course material and collaborate on assignments and creative projects. Users from around the globe may access these open courses for free. Princeton faculty are also using online environments to enhance certain classes on campus and engage students in new, highly interactive learning experiences.
About – Open Washington: Open Educational Resources Network
Welcome to OPEN Washington, an Open Educational Resources (OER) network. Why this site? During the qualitative research SBCTC conducted in 2014, faculty stressed the need for web resources that provide easy and organized access to OER. They experienced significant difficulty in using currently available OER due to a lack of guidance and organization of the materials. In response to this need, SBCTC launched this site in 2014; it is an open educational resources network for Washington State Community and Technical College (WA CTC) faculty. This website has one goal in mind–
Your Source for Open Course Resources
Get started - OER - Open Educational Resources - Research Guides at Portland Community College
Step one: Set aside time.Searching for these materials takes time and persistence, just like research! As you begin, also consider possible sources of funding for your efforts @PCC. Step two: take a look to see if someone else has created a similar, complete OER course or textbook. See the "Complete Courses" and "Complete Textbooks" sections of the "Find" tab.Example: Go to the Open Textbook Library and browse their open business texts. Step three: Get cozy with your learning objectives.
Stanford School of Engineering - Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Open Educational Resources - LCC Research Guides at Lane Community College
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?Open Educational Resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under various licenses to re-mix, improve and redistribute. They include:
