LibGuides: Open Resources Guide: Open Textbooks

Where do Open Textbooks come from?

Open Textbooks are published through grant or institutional funding and are written by academic faculty. Open textbooks are free to use or share, almost always through a Creative Commons license.

7 things to know about Open Textbook Publishing

Repositories of Open Textbooks

Merlot
A curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. Sponsored by the California State University System.
Open Stax
OpenStax is part of Rice University. Textbooks published through OpenStax are peer reviewed.
Open Textbook Library
Maintained by the Open Education Network, textbooks distributed through this site feature reviews from faculty that have used the materials in their courses. Reviewers are confirmed to be working at their institution. All textbooks in this library are complete and openly licensed. Open textbooks are licensed so teachers and students can freely download, use, adapt, print and distribute the material. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Purdue University, and other leading institutions.
Textbook Affordability Project
Additional sources of openly accessible learning materials.