Boundless works with experts to compile web-based openly available content into the same general arrangement of textbooks. You can actually search the ISBN for your current textbook and see what content Boundless would use to replace it. UPDATE: Boundless has ceased operations and its catalog of OER materials is now hosted by Lumen Learning.
A multidisciplinary Open Access publisher of books and journals covering the fields of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Business, Social Sciences, and the Humanities.
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Teaching (MERLOT) offers access to thousands of open educational materials. An added bonus - the search feature allows you to enter an ISBN of a current textbook to find a comparable open textbook.
Academic Commons is dedicated to the development of free web-based resources for academic professionals focusing on liberal arts education via digital tools.
CCCOER is a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources.
A multidisciplinary Open Access publisher of books and journals covering the fields of Physical Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Business, Social Sciences, and the Humanities.
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Teaching (MERLOT) offers access to thousands of open educational materials. An added bonus - the search feature allows you to enter an ISBN of a current textbook to find a comparable open textbook.
Smithsonian Open Access is a site where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
CCCOER is a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources.
A collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a board and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.
Commons is a learning object repository that enables educators to find, import, and share resources with the public or within JCCC. Import and share classes, modules, and resources directly from your own Canvas account.
COERLL's mission is to produce and disseminate Open Educational Resources (OER) for the Internet public (e.g., online language courses, reference grammars, assessment tools, corpora, etc.).
Digital designs for physical objects. Thingiverse is a universe of things. Download our files and build them with your lasercutter, 3D printer, or CNC.
This company sells 3d scanning software, but they offer a wide variety of free educational models to download and print including industrial design, healthcare, science, and art.
The NIH 3D Print Exchange provides models in formats that are readily compatible with 3D printers, and offers a unique set of tools to create and share 3D-printable models related to biomedical science. This is an awesome resource.
Scan the World is an ambitious community-built initiative whose mission is to share 3D printable sculpture and cultural artifacts using democratised 3D scanning technologies.
Scanned artifacts from the Harvard Semitic Museum which houses more than 40,000 Near Eastern artifacts, mostly from museum-sponsored excavations in Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Tunisia.
