LibGuides: OPEN FL: Discover and Explore OER

Here you will find a variety of topics and subject matter covered in open educational resources (OER). Please note that new content is being placed into the open everyday. Online collections of textbooks and educational materials are available to Sunshine State students and faculty for free! Find free, open textbooks for a range of courses from Algebra to English Composition to Precalculus to Oceanography to Zoology. Some colleges and universities also provide free textbooks and content to their students directly through the learning management system. These state and national repositories are filled with open educational resources for you to discover and explore.

Florida Open Academic Library (FOAL)
FL Guides and Resources

HBCU Affordable Learning Community Portal

BC Campus Open Ed Collection
LibreTexts
Mason OER Metafinder
Merlot
OASIS
OER Commons
OpenStax
Open Textbook Library
Open Course Library
Saylor Academy
OpenTextbookStore (Math Only)
SOL*R
Creative Commons Search
Project Gutenberg
University Presses and Library Publishing
MIT OpenCourseware
PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder
National Science Digital Library
Pressbooks Directory
Wikibooks
Teaching Commons
Jstor Open Community Collections
Skills Commons

OER from Florida

The following are just a couple of examples of what an open textbook may look like that were developed by Florida faculty:

Social Science Research: Principle, Methods, and Practices
Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/3/
The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge
Jenifer Jasinski Schneider, University of South Florida
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/12/
Introduction to Matrix Algebra: Second Edition
Autar K. Kaw, University of South Florida
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/10/
MAC 1105: College Algebra
Marcus McWaters, University of South Florida
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/1/
Numerical Methods with Applications
Autar K. Kaw, University of South Florida
Egwu K. Kalu, Florida A&M University
Duc Nguyen, Old Dominion University
https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/oa_textbooks/11/

Florida Open Academic Library (FOAL)

The Florida Open Academic Library (FOAL), Openlib.flvc.org, provides an online portal to Florida’s treasure of digital archives and collections housed at public colleges and universities, discovery of over 1.25 million digital collections and archives across the state. Over 150 repository sites searched in one location.

Provides high-quality, affordable, and collaborative resources and services for Florida public postsecondary institutions that enhance learning, teaching, and research through facilitated access to a user-centric, open access treasury of unique cultural heritage materials, education resources, textbooks, scholarly communications, and original research.
Over 750 Open Educational Resources identified by the statewide Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) icon through the Florida Open Academic Library

Canvas Course Shells

Faculty looking for Canvas Course Shells, in select subjects, please log-in to Canvas. Go to Canvas Commons in sidebar and search: CCC, OEI, OpenStax, OER. Note: your administrator must have Canvas Commons turned on for faculty to access.

PressBooks Directory

There area few active institutions in Florida using PressBooks. You can find Florida institution created content indexed on the PressBooks Directory.

Additional Content Resources

Academic Earth
Academic Earth was launched on the premise that everyone deserves access to a world-class education. In 2009, we built the first collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities. The world of open education has exploded since then, so today our curated lists of online courses are hand selected by our staff to show you the very best offerings by subject area. We also make sure there is something for everyone: whether you want to explore a new topic or advance in your current field, we bring the amazing world of academia to you for free.
Coursera Free Courses
Today, Coursera is a global online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere, access to online courses and degrees from leading universities and companies. Coursera received B Corp certification in February 2021, which means that we have a legal duty not only to our shareholders, but to also make a positive impact on society more broadly, as we continue our efforts to reduce barriers to world-class education for all.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Several resources available from public domain.
Hippo Campus
Free resources for middle school through college.
Khan Academy
We’re a nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Knowledge Unlatched
Ohio Digital Bookshelf
Open Book Publishers
Over 200 open access books available.
Open Michigan
Collection of open educational resources (OER) from University of Michigan. Access a range of course materials, videos, lectures, student work and more. Nearly all of the content here is openly licensed for reuse under Creative Commons.
Open Yale Courses
Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.