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Open Education/Free for Education Resources

This list contains both 'open education' and 'free for education' resources. Sometimes, an entire website featured on this list may be 'open education' or 'free for education'. Other times, only certain material on the website may be 'open education' or 'free for education'. This is why it is important to read the terms and conditions or copyright statement on each resource to understand what exactly you are able to do with the material.

 

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Australian Resources

International Resources

Cultural/Political Institutions

 

  1. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  2. Encyclopedia of Life
  3. George Eastman House
  4. Library of Congress
  5. National Maritime Museum
  6. National Media Museum
  7. Smithsonian Institution
  8. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
  9. Victoria and Albert Museum
  10. UNESCO (including UNESCO and Fotopedia Heritage Application for the iPod and iPad containing thousand of images under Creative Commons licences)

 

Online Libraries containing E-Books

 

  1. Project Gutenberg
  2. Universal Library
  3. University of Virginia's E-book Library  


Public Broadcasters

 

  1. NBC News: iCue
  2. PBS 

 

K-12 Resources

 

  1. Connexions
  2. Curriki
  3. LibriVox
  4. OER Commons
  5. Teaching Copyright

 

University Resources

 

  1. Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network
  2. LibriVox
  3. OER Commons
  4. Openlearn
  5. Economics Network

 

 Community Sites

 

  1. Smarthistory (web-book)
  2. Alpha Public Videos

 

Aggregator of Open Educational Resources

 

  1. ccLearn
  2. OER Blogs