The organizations that make open education possible
Every source in this directory is openly licensed; each page names its own licence. These are the publishers, platforms, and search tools that produce and organize the open educational resources cataloged here.
Rice University. 65+ peer-reviewed textbooks used by 70% of US higher ed. The gold standard for OER. 43 courses in this directory.
CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (varies by book)
Founded by David Wiley, creator of the 5Rs framework. Waymaker and ATD courses across business, math, humanities, and social science. 28 courses in this directory.
Varies by course; often mixed page to page
State University of New York. Peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty. 66 courses in this directory.
Varies by book (CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA)
Open publishing platform used by BCcampus, LOUIS, and 199 organizations worldwide. 3 courses in this directory.
Varies by book
Wisconsin Technical College System. CC BY 4.0 nursing textbooks with NCLEX Next-Gen questions and clinical judgment framework. Funded by $2.5M US Dept of Education grant. 5 courses in this directory.
CC BY 4.0
Free and open online courses and textbooks. 11 courses in this directory.
Varies by book (mostly CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
UC Davis. 16 subject-area libraries serving 223M+ users. 8 music courses in this directory.
Varies by book