If you are considering developing and writing a text for your class, it should follow the “5Rs of Openness”:
Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content
Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)
Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)
Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)
Free to use and download textbook site supported by the Center for Open Education and the Open Textbook Network. Subjects include Accounting, Business, Education, Humanities, Mathematics, Social Sciences, and more.
OER Commons not only provides a searchable database of OERs, it also provdes users with access to tools and support to create and distribute their own OER materials.
MIT OpenCourseWare makes the materials used in the teaching of almost all of MIT's subjects available on the Web, free of charge. More than 2,400 courses are available and are licensed under the CC By-NC-SA 4.0 license
This site is a collected, searchable database of all things OER. The collection is built from an initiative of the UNESCO/COL Chair in OER at Athabasca University and the UNESCO Chair in OER at the Open University of the Netherlands.
A global non-profit network promoting open education worldwide. This site houses links to OER textbooks, information about how to become involved in OER efforts, provides news and webinars for OER supporters.