Research Guides: Teaching Resources for Engineering: OER for Engineering

Open Engineering Resources

There are numerous open resources available for engineering education. From textbooks and handbooks, to model and class lectures, we encourage you to explore the many offerings. If you are interested in using open educational resources (OER) but still have questions, or if you would like help finding the resource you hope to use, please contact a librarian. We're happy to help.

Open Textbooks & Materials

Open Textbooks for Engineering - Engineering Libraries Division of ASEE
The Engineering Libraries Division of the American Society for Engineering Education curated this helpful resource of open textbooks for engineering. The list is divided by sub-discipline for easy access.
BC Campus - Engineering Textbooks
BC Campus has (as of March 2022) 9 open textbooks specific to engineering and 189 related to engineering. Some materials are reviewed and some come with supplementary materials.
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Open Engineering Textbooks available are:
-Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering
-Introduction to Drafting and Autodesk Inventor
-Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 3D
-Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D
-Engineering Systmes Dynamics, Modeling, Simulation, and Design
-Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plant Simulator
-A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB
-Embedded Controllers Using C and Arduino
-Notes on Diffy Qs: Differential Equations for Engineers
LibreTexts Engineering Library
LibreTexts provides access to a collaborative open access textbooks and learning objects. Materials are available from across engineering disciplines.
MERLOT Engineering Portal
MERLOT Engineering hosts hundreds of materials across engineering disciplines, including embeddable 3D simulations.
MIT OCW Online Textbooks
an index to the online textbooks in MIT OpenCourseWare. Each link goes to a course or resource page that contains the textbook files. Some of these online textbooks are open-licensed electronic versions of print books. Others are self-published online books, or course notes which are so thorough that they serve as an alternative to a conventional textbook.
OASIS - Engineering
OASIS is a search tool for open education content, including textbooks and courses from around the world. This search brings you directly to engineering resources.
Open Electromagnetics Project
Electromagnetics Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
Open Textbook Library
Original textbooks in use at or affiliated with higher education universities. Dozens of open textbooks in numerous engineering fields and related disciplines.
Stanford Engineering Everywhere
Course materials for classroom use that includes syllabi, homework, and exams. Offerings include a three course introduction to computer science aimed at undergraduates and more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.

Engineering Simulations

Engineering Technology Simulations
Free to use simulations that cover automation and robotics, electrical and motor control, process control and renewable energy.