Research Guides: Open Education Practices: Find and Evaluate OER

Evaluate OER

Open Textbook Library
An aggregator of primarily open TEXTBOOK content. Search bibliographic information and reviews for open textbooks from a variety of sources.
OER Commons This link opens in a new window
Also an aggregator of open materials, but expansive beyond just textbooks. The default search results include fact sheets, graphics, syllabi, and a variety of other ancillaries, in addition to textbooks. Be sure to use narrowing options at left to hone your search.
LibreTexts
A repository of Open Textbooks and Open Course Shells.
Pressbooks Directory
Provides an index of thousands of open textbooks published across all Pressbooks networks
OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search)
Use this database, developed by SUNY Geneseo, to find open educational resources (OERs) including textbooks, courses, modules, videos and more.
OpenWa: Find OER
A compilation of links to other OER platforms, organized visually by type (ie: boxes for images, textbooks, open courses, video & audio, and presenations)
Skills Commons This link opens in a new window
Open resources for workforce development.

Google Search
A targeted open web search is one of the best ways to find OER. Search with your topic in quotes, and add terms like OER and OPEN TEXTBOOK.
Example search: "intro to psychology" OER

Merlot
Multimedia educational resources for learning and online teaching. Includes an exhaustive list of Open Access Textbooks.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. Includes math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.