Two search engines that query more than 70 OER collections. They search not only full texts, but videos, images, and other content.
Source: Jonathasmello, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Repositories are created at institutions and by organizations to house, and make searchable, textbooks, courseware, and individual learning objects. See the list below for some of the many OER repositories that are out there.
MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy. The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers. Create your own materials, add materials to the MERLOT collection, and be a part of the community. All for free! Try the SmartSearch, Advanced Material Search, and Browse By Discipline feature to find OER content.
Explore. Create. Collaborate.
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
OERTX Repository is a public digital library of open educational resources for higher education. Search collections or create and collaborate to improve instruction.
Welcome to 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. We are the home for all things open at the University of Michigan—including expertise and services for open educational resources, open data, and open publications.
OpenStax is a nonprofit educational initiative based at Rice University, and it's our mission to give every student the tools they need to be successful in the classroom. Through our partnerships with philanthropic foundations and our alliance with other educational resource companies, we're breaking down the most common barriers to learning. Because we believe that a well-educated society profits us all.
Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. The Open Textbook Library is supported by the Center for Open Education and the Open Textbook Network.
