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Open Educational Resources & Affordable Course Content

A guide for Wagner College faculty and academic staff in the basics of finding, and using open educational resources (OER) and affordable course content.

OER Search Tools

  • OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search)

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    MOM LogoMason OER Metafinder Search (MOM)

Peer-Reviewed OER Textbook Collections

Each of the open textbook collections listed below have been peer-reviewed by faculty in that particular discipline to ensure quality in keeping with current academic standards: 

Open Stax College Textbooks from Rice University
Open Stax has a growing collection of peer-reviewed, openly licensed university textbooks in a variety of disciplines, from the sciences to the social sciences to the humanities. Faculty wishing to adopt a textbook must register for a free account.

Open Textbook Library from the University of Minnesota
The Open Textbook Library has a collection of over 100 peer-reviewed and openly licensed titles in a wide range of disciplines. It is supported by the Open Textbook Network, a collaboration of library partners from colleges and universities across the country.

Other OER Textbooks

These resources have not necessarily been peer-reviewed but can still serve as a great sources of quality OER for course adoption, with or without modification: