Course ePortfolio

Community College Open Textbook Collaborative

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

Date Added to MERLOT:: September 24, 2011
Created by:: Kathleen Porter
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

About America: How the United States is Governed (Open (Access) Textbook)

federal gov so accessible and public domain
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)
Anatomy and Physiology of Animals (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU license
A ProblemText in Advanced Calculus (Open (Access) Textbook)
Anatomy Atlases (Reference Material)
AP Environmental Science - Flow of Energy (Open (Access) Textbook)

multi media files available as downloadable zip
Applied Finite Mathematics Textbook (Open (Access) Textbook)
Art History (Open (Access) Textbook)

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

part of MIT courseware
Calculus-Based Physics (Open (Access) Textbook)
CHAOS: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF is not accessible, proprietary copyright nonlinear science Georgia Tech
Chemistry of Health: ChemHealthWeb (Open (Access) Textbook)
Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU license
Introductory Statistics (Open (Access) Textbook)

Accessibility information about Collaborative Statistics is available at http://cnx.org/content/m17211/latest/
College Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Communication Skills (Open (Access) Textbook)

Not Accessible, no tagging for reading order, no alternative text for images
Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
Democracy in Brief (Open (Access) Textbook)

video available, captioned, public domain because produced by fed gov
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
Ethics Online Textbook (Open (Access) Textbook)
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
French (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU licensing
From Algorithms to Z-Scores: Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling in Computer Science (Open (Access) Textbook)

NOT accessible
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)
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
Human Physiology (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under a GNU free documentation license.
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)
Human Rights in Brief (Open (Access) Textbook)

government publication so public domain
Intro to Logic (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF and on demand print available
Introduction to Paleoanthropology (Open (Access) Textbook)
An Introduction to Philosophy (Open (Access) Textbook)

HTML can be printed but may not be very neat and tidy
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Probability (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introduction to Programming using Java, Version 8 (Tutorial)
Introduction to Psychology (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF available
Introduction to Social Networking Methods (Open (Access) Textbook)
Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications (Open (Access) Textbook)

document lists public domain, copyright, and creative commons all at once. No clarity on copyability
Introduction to Computer Science: Programming Methodology (Online Course)
Learning 2.0 for Associations (Open (Access) Textbook)
Lessons In Electric Circuits (Open (Access) Textbook)
Liberte: A first year French textbook (Open (Access) Textbook)

NOT ACCESSIBLE pdf is not tagged, images do not have alternative text
Linear Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low-Literate Readers (Open (Access) Textbook)

Federal Agency Material is Public Domain
A Modern Formal Logic Primer (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDFs are not accessible, untagged no alternative text for images
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)
Motion Mountain Physics Textbook (Reference Material)
New Rules for the New Economy (Open (Access) Textbook)
Online Biology Book (Open (Access) Textbook)
Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study (Open (Access) Textbook)

Public domain
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)
Our Ocean Planet: Environmental Science in the 21st Century (Open (Access) Textbook)

not accessible, no alternative text on images
Outline of American Geography (Open (Access) Textbook)

copyright on original text but abridged version appears from US government pages so unclear if copyrighted or public... More
Outline of US History (Open (Access) Textbook)
Outline of the US Legal System (Open (Access) Textbook)

federal publication so public domain and accessible
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)
Probability and Statistics eBook (Open (Access) Textbook)

translations are automated so not truly multi-lingual
Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation (Open (Access) Textbook)
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)
Social Psychology Wikibook (Open (Access) Textbook)

GNU licensing
Spanish (Open (Access) Textbook)

Not appropriate for hearing impaired as not captioned and flash enabled
Statistics, Probability, and Data Collection Wikibook (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under GNU Free Documentation License
The Brain: Understanding Neurobiology Through the Study of Addiction (Open (Access) Textbook)

PDF is not accessible to screen readers
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 Physical Environment: Intro to Physical Geography (Open (Access) Textbook)

copyright held by author, NOT CREATIVE COMMONS
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
Discovering Information Systems (Open (Access) Textbook)
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)
World Factbook (Open (Access) Textbook)
9/11 Commission Report (Reference Material)

Not a textbook. A reference work
Elementary Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Fundamentals of Mathematics (Open (Access) Textbook)
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python (Open (Access) Textbook)

Under GNU Free Documentation License
Intermediate Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
Core Concepts of Marketing (Open (Access) Textbook)
COW -- Calculus on the Web (Drill and Practice)
The Habitable Planet (Open (Access) Textbook)
Rediscovering Biology (Open (Access) Textbook)
Geothermal Energy (Open (Access) Textbook)
This Dynamic Earth:The Story of Plate Tectonics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Spanish/Contents (Open (Access) Textbook)
Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
Smart History (Open (Access) Textbook)

lots of interactive scripting so may not be accessible
Open Content Photography Program (Open (Access) Textbook)
Computing Life (Open (Access) Textbook)

public domain...I think
Emerging perspectives on learning, teaching, and technology (Open (Access) Textbook)
Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective (2nd ed.) (Open (Access) Textbook)
How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, School (Open (Access) Textbook)
An Introduction to Organic Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
Experiencing the Humanities (Open (Access) Textbook)
Learning Science in Informal Environments: People Places and Pursuits (Open (Access) Textbook)
Physical Geography (Open (Access) Textbook)
Programming from the Ground Up (Open (Access) Textbook)
XML - Managing Data Exchange (Open (Access) Textbook)
Theory and Practice of Online Learning (Open (Access) Textbook)
Brief Calculus (Open (Access) Textbook)
21st Century Physics (Open (Access) Textbook)
A Comprehensive Outline of World History (Open (Access) Textbook)
A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3 (Open (Access) Textbook)
A First Course in Linear Algebra (Open (Access) Textbook)
A Designer's Log: Case Studies in Instructional Design (Open (Access) Textbook)
A First Course in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Open (Access) Textbook)
A Radically Modern Approach to Introductory Physics (Open (Access) Textbook)
Sage American History: A Survey of America’s Past (Open (Access) Textbook)
Active, Healthy Lifestyles (Open (Access) Textbook)
Advanced Algebra II: Activities and Homework (Open (Access) Textbook)
Advanced Algebra II: Conceptual Explanations (Open (Access) Textbook)
Advanced Topics in Learning Object Design and Reuse (Open (Access) Textbook)
AJAX Programming (Reference Material)
Algebra I (Open (Access) Textbook)
GeoGebra (Collection)
All About Circuits - Volume I - DC (Open (Access) Textbook)
All About Circuits - Volume II - AC (Open (Access) Textbook)
All About Circuits - Volume III - Semiconductors (Open (Access) Textbook)
All About Circuits - Volume IV - Digital (Open (Access) Textbook)
All About Circuits - Volume V - Reference (Open (Access) Textbook)
All About Circuits - Volume VI - Experiments (Open (Access) Textbook)
An Introduction to Complex Numbers (Online Course)
An introduction to data and information (Online Course)
An Introduction to Organic Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)
An introduction to sustainable energy (Open (Access) Textbook)
Anxiety Disorders (Open (Access) Textbook)
Applescript for Absolute Beginners (Open (Access) Textbook)
Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique (Open (Access) Textbook)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Open (Access) Textbook)
Become An Xcoder (Open (Access) Textbook)
High Performance Computing (Open (Access) Textbook)
Python for Informatics: Exploring Information (Open (Access) Textbook)
Western Music History (Open (Access) Textbook)
Create or Perish (Open (Access) Textbook)

For business courses
Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (Open (Access) Textbook)