Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Find OER

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OASIS
OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. Content includes open textbooks, videos, podcasts, modules, and more.

Find Open Textbooks

The following resources can be used to locate high quality, peer-reviewed open textbooks in a variety of subject areas. Most of these resources also provide evaluative information about the textbooks they contain, such as faculty reviews, accessibility reviews, and usage statistics.

Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library provides an easy-to-use interface for locating and evaluating OER. Along with peer-reviewed textbooks, the OTL provides reviews from faculty who have adopted their texts for courses.
OpenStax
OpenStax is one of the most popular OER repositories in use today, and provides textbooks for college as well as high school AP courses.

Find Other OER

Other open educational resources (syllabi, course handouts, lesson plans, etc.) can be found in the following OER repositories.

The Mason OER Metafinder
Resource from George Mason University that simultaneously searches across 22 different sources of open educational materials.
MIT OpenCourseWare
A web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, OpenCourseWare is open, available globally, and a permanent MIT activity.
OER Commons
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons currently includes open educational materials in broad subject areas. Materials include lesson plans, textbooks, activities, assessments, readings, and more.