Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

FREE and OPEN

Find OPEN and free textbooks that may be suitable for use in community college courses from the list of Subjects below.  For descriptions of these open textbooks, see listings in MERLOT and OER Commons.  

Many other textbooks are free to view online but are NOT OPEN for reuse and customization.  See Copyrighted Digital Textbooks for a list of learning content without open licenses.

Learn more about open textbooks:

• FAQs
• Community College Open Textbook Project
• OER Commons

Disclaimer: CCCOER has not yet vetted all of the open textbooks on this list for quality or accuracy of the content.   See Peer Reviews of Open Textbooks. NR indicates a textbook that is not recommended at this time based on peer review.

Subjects

• Anthropology
• Art
• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Education
• Engineering
• English and Composition
• Health and Nursing
• History
• Languages and Communications
• Literature
• Math
• Music
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Science
• Sociology
• Statistics and Probability

Additional Sources

• Audio Books
• Free Books for Doctors
• Global Text Project
• OER Commons
• Open Knowledge Foundation
• Orange Grove
• Public Literature
• Questia
• Textbook Revolution
• The Assayer
• Wikibooks
• WikiEducator – Economics

Anthropology

• Cultural Anthropology/Health, Healing and Human Rights (Wikibooks)
• Folklife and Fieldwork A Layman’s Introduction to Field Techniques
• Introduction to Paleoanthropology (Wikibooks)
• Life in the Palaeozoic NEW!
• Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

Art

• Art History (Wikibooks)
• Digital Foundations
• Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite
• History of New Media NEW!
• Open Content Photography Program NR
• Remix Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy NEW!
• Visual Communication Design (OLI)

Biology and Genetics

• Biology
• Biology I (CK-12 Flexbook)
• Molecular Biology Lab Manual NEW!
• CK-12 Biology
• Computing Life
• Developmental Biology
• Genes and Disease
• Genomes
• Human Anatomy
• Human Physiology
• Help Me Understand Genetics Handbook
• Immunobiology
• Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease
• Introduction to Modern Biology (OLI)
• Inside the Cell – Biology
• Life (Citizendium)
• Modern Genetic Analysis
• Molecular Biology of the Cell
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Nucleic Acids and Chromatin NEW!
• Online Biology Book
• The Cell – A Molecular Approach
• The New Genetics
• Structures of Life
• What Do Genes Do? NEW!
• What is the Genome Made of? NEW!

Business

• Accounting I
• Accounting II
• Business Fundamentals 
• Case Studies from MIT Sloan School of Management 
• Common Sense Management 
• Core Concepts of Marketing
• Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective (2nd ed.)
• eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing (peer reviews at MERLOT)
• Entrepreneurial Behavior NEW!
• Exploring Business (FWK)
• Fundamentals of Income Tax Theory and Practice (FWK)
• Global Entrepreneurship
• Industry Evolution
• Innovation Happens Elsewhere
• Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time (FWK)
• Learning About Small Business  NEW!
• The Market-Led Organisation NEW!
• Preparing a Project NEW!
• Principles of Accounting NEW!
• Principles of Entrepreneurship
• The Principles of Management (FWK)
• Basic Skills
  • Quick Start to Windows XP
  • Quick Start to Word 2002
  • Quick Start to Work 1997
  • Quick Start to Excel
• Social Marketing NEW!
• Sustainability
• Using Excel 2002
• Unleashing the Ideavirus (Assayer review)

Chemistry

• Basic Neurochemistry
• Biochemistry
• Chem I Virtual Textbook
• Chemistry (OLI)
• Chemistry (The Free High School Science Texts)
• Chemistry (Curriki)
• The Chemistry of Health
• ChemWiki
• Concept Development Studies in Chemistry NEW!
• Getting Started NEW!
• An Introduction to Organic Chemistry
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards NEW!
• Open Source Chemistry Course (CA Textbook)
• Organic Chemistry
• Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry

Computer Science

• Accessibility in Interaction Design NEW!
• A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3
• AJAX Programming NEW!
• Applescript for Absolute Beginners
• Basic Computing Using Windows
• Basic Linux Commands NEW!
• BecomeAnXcoder
• Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion 
• Cascading Style Sheets (Wikibook)
• CGI Programming on the World Wide Web (Assayer review)
• Database Development Lifecycle NEW!
• A Designer’s Log: Case Studies in Instructional Design 
• Designing the User Interface NEW!
• Distributed Systems NEW!
• Dive into Python
• Electronic Commerce:  The Strategic Perspective
• Finding Information in Information Technology and Computing NEW!
• Firefox Manual
• Flash Tutorials
• FLOSS Manuals
• The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It
• Green IS: Building Sustainable Business Practices NEW!
• Grokking the Gimp (Assayer review)
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist with Python (Assayer review)
• HyperText Markup Language (Wikibook)
• Information on the Web NEW!
• Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations (Global Text Project)
• Introducing ICT Systems NEW!
• Introduction to Computer Science
• An introduction to Data and Information NEW!
• Introduction to Databases and MySQL  NEW!
• Introduction to Digital Logic with Laboratory Exercises
• Introduction to SCORM
• LaTeX 
• Learning 2.0
• Learning 2.0 for Associations
• Lessons in Electric Circuits (Assayer review)
• Linux 101 (Assayer review)
• Linux for IT Managers NEW!
• Multimedia Training (videos)
• Nework Security NEW!
• OpenOffice.org Manual
• O’Reilly Open Books
• Operating Systems for Single-Threaded Computers
• Programming from the Ground Up
• Programming Fundamentals – A Modular Structured Approach (Connexions)
• Programming Fundamentals
• Programming in C
• Programming Languages NEW!
• Programming Using Java
• Representing and Manipulating Data in Computers NEW!
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
• Stanford Engineering Everywhere – Introduction to Computer Science
  • Programming Methodology
  • Programming Abstractions
  • Programming Paradigms
• Student Tools (videos)
• Successful Project Management NEW!
• Think Python: An Introduction to Software Design
• Video Translation
• Web Security NEW!
• Wireless Networking in the Developing World
• XML – Managing Data Exchange

Economics

• Econometrics
• Economics (OLI)
• Financial Analysis
• Historical Beginnings The Federal Reserve
• Living Economics
• Introduction to Economic Analysis (Micro)
• Introduction to Economic Analysis (3rd ed.)
• The Joy of Economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• New Rules for the New Economy
• Outline of the U.S. Economy
• Political Economy
• Principles of Microeconomics (FWK)
• Quantum Microeconomics
• U.S. Economy in Brief
• U.S. Monetary Policy
• The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

Education

• Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials
• Creating Open Educational Resources (OpenLearn)
• Dance Skills
• Education for a Digital World
• Educational Psychology
• Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology
• Facilitating Online
• Green Teacher  NEW!
• Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning
• Instructional Design Models
• The Instructional Use of Learning Objects
• The Learning Marketplace: Meaning, Metadata and Content Syndication in the Learning Object Economy
• Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training NEW!
• Open Educational Content – Introduction and Tutorials
• The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
• Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education (authored by students)
• Study and Learning Skills (OpenLearn)
• Technical and Vocational Teacher Training NEW!
• The Theory and Practice of Online Learning, 2nd ed. (OpenLearn)
• Training Educators to Design and Develop Open and Distance Learning Materials NEW!
• Viral Spiral
• The Edgeless University NEW!

Engineering and Electronics

• Basics of Fluid Mechanics
• Chemical Engineering Process Dynamics and Controls (student-authored)
• Chemical Process Dynamics and Controls
• Electronics NEW!
• Engineering Statics (OLI)
• A First Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Connexions)
• Fundamentals of Die Casting Design
• Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I (Connexions)
• Fundamentals of Compressible Flow Mechanics
• Introduction to Physical Electronics (Connexions)
• Lessons in Electric Circuits
• Socratic Electronics A Resource for Inquiry-Based Electronics Instruction NEW!

English and Composition

• A Celebration of Women Writers A Celebration of Women Writers
• Clear Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers
• Electronic Literature Collection
• Journalism 2.0
• Methods of Discovery:  A Guide to Research Writing
• Rhetoric and Composition
• Online Technical Writing
• Start Writing Fiction (OpenLearn)
• Style for Students Online: Effective Technical Writing in the Information Age  NEW!
• The Process of Research Writing
• Three Modules on Clear Writing Style: An Introduction to The Craft of Argument  NEW!
• Writing Skills for Business English  NEW!

Health and Nursing

• Active Healthy Lifestyles (OpenLearn)
• AHFS Consumer Medication Information
• Atlas of Human Anatomy
• The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction
• Cardiology Explained
• The Chemistry of Health
• Child Health NEW!
• Communicable Diseases NEW!
• Developing Anaesthesia
• Disaster Management NEW!
• Diversity and Difference in Communication NEW!
• Drugs, Brains, and Behavior – The Science of Addiction
• Emergency and Risk Management Case Studies
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Disease 10th ed. (errata and updates)
• Finding Information in Health and Lifestyle NEW!
• First Aid
• Free Medical Information
• Fundamentals of Emergency Management
• Health Education
• Health is Everywhere: Unraveling the Mystery of Health NEW!
• History of Medicine
• HIV and AIDS
• HIV Medicine 2007
• Human Nutrition NEW!
• Infection Prevention
• Informing the Future: Critical Issues in Health
• Intergrated Safety, Health and Environmental Management: An Introduction NEW!
• Issues in Complementary and Alternative Medicine NEW!
• Medical Knowledge Base
• Medicines by Design (pharmacology)
• MedlinePlus
• Moral and Ethical Principles in End of Life Care NEW!
• NIH Curriculum Supplement Series
• Nutrition: Proteins NEW!
• Obesity: Balanced Diets and Treatment NEW!
• Occupational Health NEW!
• Sexuality and Sexual Health
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Understanding Cardiovascular Diseases NEW!
• Vaccination NEW!

History

• About America: Women of Influence
• A Broken World – A History Wiki From the Beginning of World War I to the Cold War (student-created)
• A Comprehensive Outline of World History (Connexions)
• The French Revolution NEW!
• Hippocampus - click on U.S. history, then click on Textbooks tab
• History and Civilization
• History of Western Art and Civilization (Connexions)
• The Holocaust  NEW!
• Hypertext History: Our Online American History Textbook
• Medicine Transformed: On Access to Health Care NEW!
• Outline of U.S. History
• A People’s History of the United States
• Stories of the Underground Railroad
• United States History
• US History.org
• World History NR

Languages and Communications

• Communication Skills
• French (OLI)
• From Sound to Meaning: Hearing, Speech and Language NEW!
• Giving Presentations (OpenLearn)
• Hearing
• How to Communicate as a Health Volunteer NEW!
• How Language Works (edition 3.0)
• Liberte (French)
• Mandarin Chinese
• Open Translations
• Oral Communications NEW!
• A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language
• Spanish
• Spanish (Wikibooks)
• Spanish I

Literature

• Bulfinch’s Mythology
• Literature Catalog
• Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
• Open Milton
• Open Shakespeare
• Outline of American Literature
• Studies in Classic American Literature by D.H. Lawrence
• U.S. Literature in Brief NR

 Math

• Advanced Algebra II: Conceptual Explanations
• Advanced Algebra II:  Activities and Homework (Connexions)
• A First Course in Linear Algebra (Assayer review)
• Algebra 1 (CK12 Flexbook)
• Algebra in Simple English
• Algebra Review
• Applied Finite Mathematics
• Calculus
• Calculus by Benjamin Crowell
• Calculus for Beginners and Artists
• Calculus on the Web
• Calculus without Limits
• CK-12 Calculus
• CK-12 Geometry
• CK-12 Trigonometry
• College Algebra
• A Course in Linear Algebra
• Diagrams, Charts and Graphs NEW!
• Dimensions (geometry)
• Elementary Algebra (Connexions)
• Elementary Calculus An Approach Using Infinitesimals (Assayer review)
• Elements of Abstract and Linear Algebra
• Free College Algebra Textbook NEW!
• Fundamentals of Geometry NEW!
• Fundamentals of Mathematics (Connexions)
• Geometry NEW!
• Intermediate Algebra by Department of Mathematics, College of the Redwoods
• Intermediate Algebra
• An Introduction to Complex Numbers NEW!
• Introduction to Matrix Algebra NEW!
• Linear Algebra (Assayer review)
• Linear Methods of Applied Mathematics
• Math in Society NEW!
• Mathematics (The Free High School Science Texts)
• Mathematics under the Microscope
• Multivariate Calculus
• Numbers, Units, and Arithmetic
• Numerical Methods with Applications
• Ratios, Proportion and Percentages NEW!
• Real Functions and Graphs NEW!
• Rounding and Estimation NEW!
• Squares, Roots and Powers NEW!
• Open Trigonometry
• PreAlgebra
• Trigonometry NEW!
• Understanding Algebra
• Vector Calculus

Music

• The Basic Elements of Music
• Understanding Basic Music Theory

Philosophy

• Consciousness Studies (Assayer review)
• David Hume (OpenLearn)
• Ethics
• Formal Logic
• Guide to the Logical Fallacies
• Introducing Philosophy (OpenLearn)
• Introduction to Formal Logic
• Introduction to Logic (Connexions)
• An Introduction to Philosophy
• Logic and Proofs (OLI)
• Logic Primer
• Walden by H.D. Thoreau

Physics

• The Age of Einstein NEW!
• A Modern Formal Logic Primer NEW!
• 21st Century Physics (CK12 Flexbook)
• All About Circuits
• A Radically Modern Approach to Physics
• Calculus-Based Physics
• Chaos: Classical and Quantum
• Conceptual Physics (non-mathematical)
• Discover Physics
• Essential Physics (Assayer review)
• Mathematical Tools for Physics (Assayer review)
• Motion Mountain – The Adventure of Physics
• Open Text Project — Physics
• People’s Physics Book (CK12 Flexbook)
• Physics (OLI)
• Physics
• Physics (Free High School Science Texts, Grade 12)
• Physics Light and Matter Series
  • Conservation Laws
  • Electricity and Magnetism
  • Newtonian Physics (Assayer review)
  • Optics
  • Vibrations and Waves
• Simple Nature (Assayer review)
• The Restless Universe NEW!

Political Science

• The 9/11 Commission Report
• Basic Political Concepts
• The CIA World Factbook
• Legal Education Commons NEW!
• Nationalism, Self-determination and Succession NEW!
• Outline of American Geography
• Outline of the U.S. Legal System

Psychology

• The Body: A Phenomenological Psychological Perspective  NEW!
• Challenging Ideas in Mental Health NEW!
• Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Groups and Teamwork NEW!
• Introduction to Psychology Wikibook
• The Making of Individual Differences NEW!
• Mental Health Practice NEW!
• Psychology A Student Friendly Approach (2nd edition)
• The Psychology Of Emotions, Feelings and Thoughts
• Psychology in the 21st Century (OpenLearn)
• Social Psychology Wikibook
• Starting with Psychology NEW!
• Systems Thinking and Practice NEW!

Science

• Anatomy and Physiology of Animals
• AP Environmental Science (Connexions)
• Basic Neurochemistry
• Carbon Management NEW!
• CK-12 Earth Science
• CK-12 Life Science
• Comparing Stars NEW!
• Deserts: Geology and Resources
• Earth’s Physical Resources: Petroleum NEW!
• Earth Systems, an Earth Science Course (Curriki)
• Earthquakes NEW!
• Empirical Research Design (OLI)
• Endocrinology An Integrated Approach
• Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection NEW!
• Environmental Engineering Modules NEW!
• Environmental Science 
• Environmental Science in the 21st Century
• Evolution through Natural Selection
• Food Safety NEW!
• Genes and Disease
• Gene Manipulation in Plants
• Genes, Technology and Policy/The Science
• Geology of the National Parks NEW!
• Geothermal Energy—Clean Power From the Earth’s Heat
• The Habitable Planet
• Interactive Science Simulations NEW!
• Introduction to Climate Dynamics and Climate Modelling
• An Introduction to Sustainable Energy  NEW!
• Intro to Physical Oceanography
• Nanotechnology
• Nature of Geographic Information NEW!
• The Opensource Handbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Our Ocean Planet – Environmental Geoscience in the 21st Century
• Physical Geography
• Physical Geography (SOFIA course)
• The Physical Environment Introduction to Physical Geography
• Plate Tectonics
• Rediscovering Biology
• The Science of Healthy Behaviors
• This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics

Sociology

• Babbit
• Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
• Introduction to Social Network Methods
• Introducing Social Work Practice NEW!
• Introduction to Sociology
• Living in a Globalised World NEW!
•  The Meaning of Crime NEW!
• The Social in Social Science NEW!
• Sociology 1010 NEW!
• Social Problems: Who Makes Them? NEW!
• The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Theblen

Statistics and Probability

• Causal and Statistical Reasoning (OLI)
• Collaborative Statistics (Connexions)
  • How to order printed copies
  • Additional Resources
  • Adoption and Usage
• From Algorithms to Z-Scores: Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling in Computer Science
• Getting Started with SPSS NEW!
• Introduction to Probability
• Introduction to Statistical Thought
• Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study
• Probability and Statistics
• Research Methods
• Statistics (OLI)
• Statistics Wikibook
• UCLA General Statistics Curriculum E-Book, including Advanced-Placement (AP) materials