Course ePortfolio

Community College Open Textbook Project

This is a collection of open textbooks currently under consideration for review by the Community College Open Textbook Project of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (http://cccoer.wordpress.com).

Date Added to MERLOT:: January 25, 2009
Created by:: Alison Henning!
License:

Prerequisites

Most of these open textbooks are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Textbooks available under the GNU Free Documentation License are noted. Under a GNU Free Document License, readers are free to copy and distribute the text; they are also free to modify it, which allows them to adapt the book to different needs, and to help develop new material.

Pedagogical Approach & Learning Outcomes

Pedagogical Approach

None

Learning Outcomes

None

Assessment & Other Information

Assessment

If you are interested in reviewing any of these open textbooks, please contact Dr. Judy Baker at bakerjudy@foothill.edu for details about volunteering.

Other Information

None

Course Resources

A First Course in Linear Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Algebra: Abstract and Concrete (Open (Access) Textbook)
American History - Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium (Open (Access) Textbook)
A ProblemText in Advanced Calculus (Open (Access) Textbook)
Anatomy Atlases (Reference Material)
Applied Finite Mathematics Textbook (Open (Access) Textbook)
Art History (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under a GNU Free Documentation License.
Biochemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
Calculus (Open (Access) Textbook)

part of MIT courseware
Calculus-Based Physics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Chemistry of Health: ChemHealthWeb (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introductory Statistics (Open (Access) Textbook)

Accessibility information about Collaborative Statistics is available at http://cnx.org/content/m17211/latest/
College Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Gilbert: Developmental Biology, 6/e (Presentation)
Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
Difference Equations to Differential Equations (Tutorial)
Discover Physics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective (2nd ed.) (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF document
Elements of Abstract and Linear Algebra (Tutorial)
eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing (Open (Access) Textbook)
Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (Open (Access) Textbook)

RTF files in addition to pdfs
Financial Analysis (Open (Access) Textbook)
First Aid (Open (Access) Textbook)
Formal Logic (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU licensing
Free Medical Information: Doctor = Publisher (Open (Access) Textbook)

manual for Doctors who want to author medical texts
Accounting II (Open (Access) Textbook)
Fundamentals of compressible Flow Mechanics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering I (Open (Access) Textbook)
Genes and Disease (Open (Access) Textbook)
Genomes (Open (Access) Textbook)
Dimensions (geometry) (Open (Access) Textbook)

Video textbook, not accessible in all players. See chart http://www.dimensions-math.org/Dim_download_E.htm
Help Me Understand Genetics (Open (Access) Textbook)

Public domain
Hippocampus US History (Open (Access) Textbook)

interactive media, not accessible
HIV Medicine (Open (Access) Textbook)

video included Dated material
Human Physiology (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under a GNU free documentation license.
Immunology and Evolution of Infectious Disease (Open (Access) Textbook)
Information Systems (Open (Access) Textbook)
Inside the Cell (Open (Access) Textbook)
Intermediate Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF files are not 508 compliant
Accounting I (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Afro-American Studies: A Peoples College Primer (Reference Material)
Programming in C (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Economic Analysis (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Ethical Studies (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Genetic Analysis (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Paleoanthropology (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Probability (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Programming using Java (Tutorial)
Introduction to Programming using Java (Tutorial)
Learning 2.0 for Associations (Open (Access) Textbook)
Lessons In Electric Circuits (Open (Access) Textbook)
Linear Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Linear Methods of Applied Mathematics (Open (Access) Textbook)

HTML uses frames so may not work with screen readers for blind readers
Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers (Open (Access) Textbook)

Federal Agency Material is Public Domain
Macroeconomics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Medical Knowledge Base (Open (Access) Textbook)

Wiki
Medicines by Design (Open (Access) Textbook)
Methods of Discovery: A Guide to Research Writing (Open (Access) Textbook)
Microeconomics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Modern Genetic Analysis (Open (Access) Textbook)
Motion Mountain Physics Textbook (Reference Material)
Multivariable Calculus (Reference Material)
New Rules for the New Economy (Open (Access) Textbook)
Online Biology Book (Open (Access) Textbook)
OER Handbook for Educators 1.0 (Workshop and Training Material)
Open Educational Content - Introduction and Tutorials (Open (Access) Textbook)
Open Shakespeare (Open (Access) Textbook)

Part of Open Shakespeare Package
Introduction to Sociology (Open (Access) Textbook)
Outline of US History (Open (Access) Textbook)
Common Wisdom: Peer Production of Educational Materials (Open (Access) Textbook)
Political Economy (Open (Access) Textbook)

Wiki Book under GNU licensing
Principles of Entrepreneurship (Open (Access) Textbook)
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation (Open (Access) Textbook)
Reasonable Basic Algebra (RBA) (Open (Access) Textbook)

Copyleft license, PDF's for all chapter, not 508 compliant PDF's
Rhetoric and Composition (Open (Access) Textbook)
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Simple Nature (Open (Access) Textbook)
Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education (Open (Access) Textbook)
Statistics, Probability, and Data Collection Wikibook (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under GNU Free Documentation License
Survey of Modern European History (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under GNU copy license
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF is not accessible to screen readers
The Cell A Molecular Approach (Open (Access) Textbook)
The Light and Matter Series (Open (Access) Textbook)
The Math Open Reference Project (Open (Access) Textbook)

some interactive content
The New Genetics (Open (Access) Textbook)
The Structures of Life (Open (Access) Textbook)
Theory and Practice of Online Learning (Open (Access) Textbook)
Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Trigonometry Wikibook (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU licensing
Understanding Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)

No permissions to copy without contacting the author. PDF not accessible
US Economy in Brief (Open (Access) Textbook)
US History (Open (Access) Textbook)
USA LITERATURE in BRIEF (Open (Access) Textbook)

audio available for some readings, transcripts downloadable from a link
Vector Calculus (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF available
Wireless Networking in the Developing World (Open (Access) Textbook)
Women of Influence (About America) (Open (Access) Textbook)
Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)