LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Computer Science OER

Computer Science

icon The following links will take you directly to lists of open textbooks for Computer Science. These sites contain open textbooks in a variety of subject areas as well. Please consider submitting other open textbooks or websites you find by clicking the "Submit an Open Resource" link below. These lists are a work in progress.

Computer & Information Science (InTech)
InTech publishes more than 2,300 open textbooks and 6 journals in a variety of subjects that fall under the heading of science, technology, and medicine.
Computer Science & Information Systems (Open Textbook Library)
These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
Computer Science (Milne Open Textbooks)
Milne Library Publishing at SUNY Geneseo manages and maintains Milne Open Textbooks, a catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff.
Digitization & IT (Bookboon)
Bookboon.com contains free eBooks and textbooks that can be downloaded as a pdf, no registration needed. These books cannot be altered, but can be freely printed, shared, or embedded in non-commercial ways. They are intended only for individuals, colleges, and schools. (Site-Specific Licensing)
Free Textbooks: Computer Science (Open Culture)
Open Culture attempts to collect "the best free cultural and educational media on the web." They've compiled lists of free and open textbooks written by knowledgeable scholars.

Computer Science (MIT Open Courseware)
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Computer Science (Saylor Academy)
Saylor Academy contains full courses, including syllabi, readings, quizzes, and more.
Free Online Computer Science Courses (Open Culture)
Open Culture attempts to collect "the best free cultural and educational media on the web." They've compiled lists of free courses in computer science.

Computer Science (MERLOT)
MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. The MERLOT Collection is made up of over 40,000 materials in 19 different material type categories.
OER Commons
OER Commons helps educators, students, and lifelong learners avoid time-consuming searches and find exactly the right materials. With a single point of access from which they can search, browse, and evaluate resources in OER Commons’ growing collection of over 50,000 high-quality OER everyone can more efficiently find what they need.

OASIS: Openly Available Sources Integrated Search

OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.

Mason OER Metafinder: Simultaneously Search OER Repositories

Created By: George Mason University, University Libraries

Submit an Open Resource

Submit an OER Textbook or Resource recommendation