This guide focuses on open textbook adoption, but it is important to understand the breadth of OER available that can be used to complement or replace a complete book.
Some common types of resources you might use are:
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Open textbooks
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These are complete texts that have the potential to be a one-to-one replacement for a traditional textbook. You can always supplement open textbooks with other open resources, though. OpenStax textbooks are one example.
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Open courses
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These can include lectures, syllabi, readings, activities, and assignments, or some combination of them. Sometimes the readings are from open textbooks, but sometimes they are not. MIT OpenCourseware is one example.
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Open lessons/modules/labs/etc.
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These are discrete, modular portions of a course that you can plug in to your own course as you see fit. OERCommons lets you filter and find this course content.
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Open media
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There are openly licensed music, videos, and images available for use in your course, or in creating your own open content to share with the world. Others may be under a Creative Commons license and can be shared freely, but may have restrictions on adapting them, for example.
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