Finding OERs for Your Course

Discover high-quality, zero-cost textbooks, modules, and interactive open educational resources ready to adapt and adopt for your discipline.

Ready to bring open resources into your classroom? Follow these simple action steps to get started:

1. Get Local Support: Connect with your campus OER Librarian for personalized research assistance tailored to your syllabus.
2. Search a Repository: Pick 1–2 meta-search engines below (like OASIS or the Open Textbook Library) to explore existing resources in your field.
3. Review & Evaluate: Use the Open 4 Peer Review rubrics to assess quality, accessibility, and alignment with Maricopa competencies.
4. Share & Tag: Tag your course for textbook cost transparency and let your department know about high-quality zero-cost options.

Need a Guided Search?

Don't spend hours searching alone. Schedule a 1-on-1 OER Discovery Session with an OER librarian or instructional designer at your college.

Maricopa’s OER Database

Status: Under Development (Coming Soon!)

In the meantime, you can explore peer-reviewed open materials created across our district in the Maricopa Open Digital (MOD) Press Catalog and in the MOD Press book, Open Maricopa OER Grant Final Products.

Explore curated collections and meta-search engines to locate open textbooks, course modules, and supplemental materials across all academic disciplines:

• Pressbooks Directory: Search tens of thousands of open books published across various Pressbooks networks.
• SUNY Geneseo’s OASIS Search: Search open content across 100+ sources simultaneously.
• George Mason University OER Metafinder: Real-time search across 22 major OER repositories.
• OER Commons: A public digital library of open educational resources for all educational levels.  Check out the OERizona Hub on OERCommons for resources created around Arizona.
• LibreTexts: Multi-institutional platform offering adaptable, open-access textbooks across STEM and humanities.
• OpenStax: Peer-reviewed, high-quality, open textbooks for high-enrollment introductory courses.
• The Open Textbook Library: Complete open textbooks reviewed by faculty across higher education.

Elevate student engagement by incorporating self-assessments, interactive quizzes, and drag-and-drop activities:

• eCampusOntario H5P Studio: A public repository to find and share interactive H5P learning objects.
• Pressbooks Directory: Filter results specifically by books containing embedded H5P activities.
• LibreTexts Studio: Explore thousands of interactive open assessments and exercises.
• Using AI to Create H5P Content: Technical guide on leveraging AI to construct H5P interactive elements.

Leverage AI to streamline your search, draft course outlines, or construct interactive activities. Review our Gemini Gems Guide for practical strategies and customized prompts to accelerate your OER discovery and H5P creation workflows.