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Open Textbook LibraryPressbooks DirectoryOpenStaxLibreTextsOER CommonsSkillsCommonsOasisMerlot
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DescriptionComprehensive list of 800+ openly licensed textbooks, compiled by the Open Education Network and affiliated with institution of higher educationPressbooks is a publishing platform for many openly licensed books.1,000s of public books can be searched in the directory.Publisher of peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are free online and low cost in print. OER platform that offers textbooks, course shells, and interactive elements for 13 disciplines. Features OER remixer tool and sandbox for customization.Large, diverse collection of materials for K-12 and higher ed with an authoring tool. Includes peer reviews and Common Core standards alignment. Provides hubs and microsites for institutions.U.S. Department of Labor repository of all materials from the TAACCCT Grant Program for career & technical education.Federated search of 117 different sources of open content. Over 300,000 records. Collection of 90,000 discipline-specific learning materials which are reviewed for inclusion
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Sponsor/DeveloperUniversity of MinnesotaPressbooksRice University/Hewlett FoundationUniversity of California-DavisISKME/Hewlett FoundationU.S. Department of LaborDeveloped by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.California State University
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License TypesCC and GNU licenses except ND (since 2016)All CC licenses, public domain and all rights reservedCC-BYCC-BY-NC-SA (unless otherwise noted)Mostly CC licenses, some othersAll CCVarious CC licenses, Public Domain, Various licenses; not all CC
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Textbooks
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Online Homework
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Teaching Resources (slides, quizzes, syllabi)
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Ratings, reviews, or peer review process
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StrengthsHigh quality textbooks; curated collection with clear criteriaIncludes books that aren't textbooks; Multiple filters to limit resultsComplete textbooks/instructor materials. Affordably priced print copies available via Amazon and college bookstoresInstitution-specific course-shells can be created in Libretexts platform; Printed copies of texts can be purchased; Readability tools available on every page; Intuitive text remixer tool.Standardized metadata makes searching reliable and robust. Open Author created materials hosted on site. Widely used. Large collection.One of few places to look for CTE materials. Reviewed by industry experts. Many material types; multiple filters to refine search results. Easy to search.Many material types; multiple filters to refine search results; option to search beyond the collection. Incl. advance search option
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Weaknesses or limitationsBasic search fuction without filters.No criteria for inclusion; Contains many "all rights reserved" books. Generally limited to introductory texts; Search tool limited to within individual textsSeveral empty pages.Open Author can be hard to use. Review tool is slanted toward K-12 materials.Aging materials. Hard to search. Actual text materials limited. Obscure file formats.Few reviewed items.Multiple records for the same textbook or resource; some material is not free
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Notes, featuresLists new books and books in development.Option to filter out books that are based on another book.Instructor and student materials available. OpenStax tutoring service available at a cost. Text remixer available; OER from other repositories can be uploaded and reformatted to work within LibreText remixer; Search function only searches within library selected. Open Author handles audio and video embedding. Responsive support team.Search by industry and NAISC code.Can sort by subject, materials type and license. Code available for a search widget.Content builder to create OER; anyone can submit resources to Merlot
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Tutorials / More Infohttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/bookshttps://networkmanagerguide.pressbooks.com/chapter/how-to-use-the-pressbooks-directory/https://openstax.org/webinars?Past%20webinar%20recordingshttps://www.youtube.com/c/LibreTextshttps://www.oercommons.org/traininghttps://support.skillscommons.org/home/discover-reuse/how-to-browse-for-materials/https://researchguides.austincc.edu/oer/tutorialshttps://info.merlot.org/merlothelp/topic.htm?#t=Advanced_Material_Search.htm
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