







Free textbooks (aka open textbooks) written by knowledgable scholars are a relatively new phenomenon. Below, find a meta list of 200 Free Textbooks, and check back often for new additions. Also see our online collection, 1,500 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Art History

A Textbook of the History of Painting by John Charles Van Dyke, Rutgers

Biology

Business and Management









Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organizations by Vic Murray and Yvonne Harrison, SUNY, Albany

Chemistry

Classics

Computer Science & Information Systems

Earth Science

Economics & Finance

Principles of Macroeconomics by Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen, Colorado College

Education

Educational Psychology by Kevin Seifert and Rosemary Sutton, University of Manitoba and Cleveland State

Electrical Engineering

Engineering

History

US History Learner English (ESL) by The Learner English Series

U.S. History since 1877 by James Ross-Nazzal, Houston Community College

Languages

Law

Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials by James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, Duke

Linguistics

How Language Works: The Cognitive Science of Linguistics by Mike Gasser, Indiana University

Mathematics

Music

Philosophy

Physics

Political Science

Thinking About Politics: American Government in Associational Perspective by Paul F. deLespinasse, Adrian College

Psychology

Educational Psychology by Kevin Seifert and Rosemary Sutton, University of Manitoba and Cleveland State

Sociology

American Society: How It Actually Works by By Erik Olin Wright & Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin

Introduction to Sociology by multiple professors

System Theory

Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems by Hiroki Sayama, Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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