Open Textbooks: List

This list provides information about some of the top examples of open textbooks, which are college texts offered online under a license that allows free digital access, low-cost print options and customization by instructors. 

Subjects:

• Accounting & Finance
• Business, Management & Marketing
• Computer Science & Information Systems
• Economics
• General Education
• Humanities & Language
• Mathematics & Statistics
• Natural & Physical Sciences
• Social Sciences 

Accounting & Finance

Financial Accounting
Joe Ben Hoyle, University of Richmond
C. J. Skender, University of North Carolina
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

International Finance: Theory and Policy 
Steve Suranovic, George Washington University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Money and Banking
Robert E. Wright, New York University
Vincenzo Quadrini, University of Southern California
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Personal Finance
Rachel Siegel, Lyndon State University
Carol Yacht
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals
Etti Baranoff, Virginia Commonwealth University
Patrick Lee Brockett, University of Texas at Austin
Yehuda Kahane, Tel Aviv University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge 

Business, Management & Marketing

Business Communication for Success
Scott McLean, Arizona Western College
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

eMarketing: The Essential Guide to Online Marketing
Rob Stokes, CEO, Quirk eMarketing
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Exploring Business
Dr. Karen Collins, Lehigh University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business 
Dr. Terence Lau, University of Dayton
Dr. Lisa Johnson, University of Puget Sound
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time 
Dr. Michael Solomon, St. Joseph’s University
Dr. Lisa Duke Cornell, University of Florida
Amit Nizan, Advertising Age 
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Organizational Behavior
Dr. Talya Bauer, Portland State University
Dr. Berrin Erdogan, Portland State University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

The Power of Selling 
Kimberly Richmond
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Principles of Management
Dr. Mason Carpenter, University of Wisconsin
Dr. Talya Bauer, Portland State University
Dr. Berrin Erdogan, Portland State University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Principles of Marketing
Jeff Tanner, Baylor University
Mary Anne Raymond, Clemson University
Camille Schuster, California State University San Marcos
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Project Management from Simple to Complex 
Russell W. Darnall
John M. Preston, Eastern Michigan University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship 
Andrea Larson, University of Virginia
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge 

Computer Science & Information Systems

Business Information Systems: Design an App for That 
Raymond Frost, Ohio University
Jacqueline Pike, Duquesne University
Lauren Kenyo, Ohio University 
Sarah Pels
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology
John Gallaugher, Boston College
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Think Python 
Dr. Allen Downey, Olin College of Engineering
Publisher: Green Tea Press

Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
Dr. Shriram Krishnamurthi, Brown University 

Economics

International Economics: Theory and Policy 
Dr. Steve Suranovic, George Washington University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

International Trade: Theory and Policy
Dr. Steve Suranovic, George Washington University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Introduction to Economic Analysis
Dr. R. Preston McAfee, Caltech
Dr. Tracy R. Lewis, Duke University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications 
Russell Cooper, European University Institute
Andrew John, Melbourne Business School
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Principles of Economics [Microeconomics] [Macroeconomics]
Dr. Libby Rittenberg, Colorado College
Dr. Timothy Tregarthen, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge 

General Education

College Success
Bruce Beiderwell, Linda F. Tse, Tom Lochhaas and Nicholas B. deKanter
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge  

Humanities & Language

Project Gutenberg
Extensive library of digitized works in the Public Domain, including most major literary works published before 1923 (such as Jane Austen, Shakespeare and Locke).

The Flat World Knowledge Handbook for Writers
Miles McCrimmon, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic 
Dr. P. D. Magnus, University at Albany (SUNY)

Liberté [Introductory French]
Dr. Gretchen Angelo, Cal State LA

Writing for Success
Scott McLean, Arizona Western College
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing
Dr. Charlie Lowe, Grand Valley State University, Editor
Dr. Pavel Zemliansky, James Madison University, Editor
Publisher: Parlor Press 

Mathematics & Statistics

College Algebra 
Dr. Carl Stitz, Lakeland Community College
Dr. Jeff Zeager, Lorain County Community College

Elementary Algebra
John Redden, College of the Sequoias
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Mathematics
Dr. Joseph Fields, Southern Connecticut State University

Calculus
Dr. Gilbert Strang, MIT
Publisher: Wellesley-Cambridge (PDF through MIT OpenCourseWare)

Whitman Calculus
Dr. David Guichard, Whitman College
Host: Whitman College

Worldwide Calculus
Dr. David B. Massey, Northeastern University
Publisher: Worldwide Center of Mathematics

A First Course in Linear Algebra
Dr. Robert Beezer, University of Puget Sound

Linear Algebra
Dr. Jim Hefferon, St. Michael's College

Book of Proof
Dr. Richard Hammack, Virginia Commonwealth University
Publisher: Virginia Commonwealth University Mathematics

Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications
Dr. Thomas W. Judson, Stephen F. Austin State University

Collaborative Statistics
Dr. Barbara Illowsky, De Anza College
Susan Dean, De Anza College
Publisher: Connexions

Introduction to Probability
Dr. Charles M. Grinstead, Swarthmore College
Dr. J. Laurie Snell, Dartmouth College
Publisher: American Mathematical Society 

Natural & Physical Sciences

College Physics
Publisher: OpenStaxCollege

Light and Matter Series: Introduction to Physics
Dr. Benjamin Crowell, Fullerton College

The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
David W. Ball, Cleveland State University
John W. Hill, University of Wisconsin–River Falls
Rhonda J. Scott, Southern Adventist University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Introductory Chemistry
David W. Ball, Cleveland State University
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Introduction to Physical Oceanography 
Dr. Robert Stewart, Texas A&M University 

Social Sciences

Introduction to Psychology
Dr. Charles Stangor, University of Maryland
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge

Introduction to Sociology
Publisher: OpenStaxCollege

Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World
Dr. Steve Barkan, University of Maine
Publisher: Flat World Knowledge