Open Textbooks

open textbook: a textbook with an open license that can be modified by the adopting instructor.

They should also be:


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

To learn more about open textbooks please visit:


 * Community College Open Textbook Collaborative: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.
 * College Open Textbooks Professional Network: A site for stakeholders and participants of the Community College Open Textbook Collaborative
 * College Open Textbooks Blog: blog about what is going on in the world of open textbooks and related topics.
 * Open Textbook FAQ's (source link)
 * Open Textbook Glossary (source link)

To find open textbooks:


 * College Open Textbooks - Textbooks by Subject: Lists of hundreds open textbooks by subjec.
 * MERLOT: Find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials.
 * Connexions: a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc.
 * Orange Grove Texts Plus: repository of a wide range of textbooks in a choice of electronic or bound book formats.