Educational eBook Bonanza Day: 400+ “Free & Open” College and High School Level Textbooks

GoingtoSeminary - 400 Free Online Textbooks

“Thanks to a 2008 California law the Open Educational Resources Center for California now provides over 400 open textbooks to the public.

The site was intended for California’s community-college faulty and staff members, but it is open for anyone to use. …”

Open Educational Resources Center for California

Open Educational Resources Center for California - Open Textbooks

“View over 400 open textbooks in many subject areas:

Anthropology
Art
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Computer Science
Economics
Education
Engineering
English and Composition
Health
History
Languages and Communications
Literature
Math
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Sciences
Sociology
Statistics and Probability

Find open and free textbooks that may be suitable for use in community college courses from the list of Subjects provided.  For descriptions of these open textbooks, see listings in MERLOT and OER Commons. Most of the textbooks on this list have Creative Commons (CC) open licenses or GNU-Free Document License. Others are U.S. government documents in the public domain (PD).

Many other textbooks are free to view online but are NOT OPEN for reuse and customization. …”

Community College Open Textbook Collaborative

“The Community College Open Textbook Collaborative* (CCOTC), funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, is a collection of colleges, governmental agencies, educational nonprofits, and other education-related organizations.

The collaborative provides training for instructors adopting open resources, peer reviews of open textbooks, an online professional network, support for authors opening their resources, and other services. 

What is an "Open Textbook?"

That's what we're working to define. We know it has to be

• free, or very nearly free,
• easy to use, get and pass around,
• editable so instructors can customize content,
• cross-platform compatible,
• printable,
• and accessible so it works with adaptive technology.

That's just the short list.

…”

Community College Open Textbook Collaborative - Open Textbooks by Subject

Community College Open Textbook Collaborative - Business Open Textbooks

Community College Open Textbook Collaborative - Computer Science Open Textbooks

 

California Leaning Resource Center - Free Digital Textbook Initiative

Go California! :)

So much to learn, so few brain cells. I want to read the CS books, Science, History, Health and, and…  If I had a Kindle I’d throw all these PDF’s on it. LOL

(via @bdrhoa – tweet)