This site will serve as a directory for MiraCosta departments/subject areas which are collaborating on OER work and sharing their results, as well as a starting point for finding high-quality OER resources for the most common courses.
MiraCosta Departmental OER Resources
- Math
- Oceanography / Earth Science / Geology
- Sociology - SOC has a Canvas OER repository - if you are a SOC instructor and don't know how to access it, please contact the department chair.
Recommended OER Texts and Resources for Consideration by Discipline
- Note 1: If your discipline or course is not listed below, you may wish to review more general starting points in your search for open content. OASIS is an especially useful tool for discovering OERs by subject area.
- Note 2: CCC OEI Canvas course shells from Canvas Commons may be directly imported into a MiraCosta Canvas class when accessed after logging into MiraCosta Canvas.
Anthropology
- Perspectives: An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology is an open access text from SACC.
- Open Anthropology textbooks and databases is a curated resource from Houston CC.
Art
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Astronomy
- OpenStax Astronomy
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
Business
- OpenStax Business Statistics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Biology
- OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Concepts of Biology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Biology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Microbiology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Chemistry
- OpenStax Chemistry
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Chemistry (Atoms First)
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Child Development
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Communication
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Computer Science
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Economics
- OpenStax Economics 2e
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Macroeconomics 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Microeconomics 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
Earth Sciences
- See locally created resources for Earth Science, Geology, and Oceanography
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
English & Literature
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Film
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Geography
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
History
- OpenStax US History
- CCC OEI Canvas Course for Part 1 of the text
- CCC OEI Canvas Course for Part 2 of this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
International Languages
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Math
- OpenStax Prealgebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Elementary Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Intermediate Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax Precalculus
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Algebra & Trigonometry
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax College Algebra
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 1
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 2
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Calculus 3
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax Statistics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Music
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Philosophy
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Physics
- OpenStax College Physics
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- OpenStax University Physics 1
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax University Physics 2
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- OpenStax University Physics 3
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Political Science
- OpenStax American Government
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Psychology
- OpenStax Psychology
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Sociology
- OpenStax Sociology 2e
- CCC OEI Canvas starter course shell for this text
- Free RedShelf e-reader version of the text
- Go to the California Open Online Library and select the appropriate discipline from the first drop-down menu, and then the course of interest from the second drop-down menu
Please let Jim Julius know of additional MiraCosta departmental OER resources.
