Zero Cost Textbook Resources

Nonprofit based at Rice University with the mission of providing peer-reviewed, open-license textbooks.

British Columbia Open Textbook Project

Reviews of open source textbooks. Sponsored by the UC and CSU systems.

A site with the aim of increasing discoverability of Open Access books.

Browsable access 750+ open textbooks by subject. A joint effort by individual community colleges, regional and statewide consortia, the Open Courseware Consortium, the American Association for Community Colleges, the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, and many other educational partners

World’s largest science, technology & medicine open access book publisher.

Source for high-quality OER materials. Created and maintained by Michigan Community College Association.

Links to resources for texts, videos, images and more.

Archived webinar from OERI-ASCCC Fall 2020 that is a solid overview on copyright in relation to OER/ZTC.

Good breakdown of the various licenses under Creative Commons.

Solid overview on creating accessible materials using MS Word, Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and embedding Canvas.

High-quality, Common Core-aligned resources carefully gathered from across the web to freely use, and even to reuse and adapt. Created and maintained by ISKME is an independent, education nonprofit whose mission is to improve the practice of continuous learning, collaboration, and change in the education sector.

A curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services

Created by Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources for finding and assessing potential OER resources for a given topic/course