Open Educational Resources (OER)

High-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks available free online and at low cost in print. Includes instructor resources.

These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.

Open learning materials in Chemistry, Biology, Geosciences, Math, Physics, Engineering, Social Sciences, Business, Medicine, Humanities & Photoscience developed by Cal State with NSF funding.

From the University British Columbia. Creative Commons licensing, available as free ebook or printed books at cost

This pilot initiative published high-quality, cost-effective course resources by engaging faculty as authors and peer-reviewers, and libraries as publishing service and infrastructure.