LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Free the Textbook: Want to Find Learning Objects?

What are Learning Objects?

You may not want to adapt or adopt an entire textbook. Explore the variety of OER learning objects available. These include, but are not limited to, activities, labs, assignments, courses, modules, units, diagrams, illustrations, games, simulations, case studies, datasets, and readings.

Large Repositories

OER Commons : Open Educational Resources
Open source tools available under Creative Commons for teachers to use and adapt
MERLOT II
Can filter by Creative Commons (not everything is OER), MERLOT is an excellent source for simulations, videos, presentations, lesson plans, assignments, animations, quizzes, tests, and more.
OASIS
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 113 different sources and contains 440,176 records.

Textbooks, TED Talks, teaching resources, course modules, interactive simulations, and more; can search by topic or by learning resource type.
Wikimedia
Home for a wide variety of free educational sources include data sets, news, species directory, and more.