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.