Open Educational Resources and English

This collection was curated by an ASCCC OERI discipline lead. The curated list provided here is intended to facilitate faculty selection of an OER text in lieu of a commercial text. If you are aware of additional resources that should be included, please contact us via our general OER e-mail. Resources with a C-ID designation are listed numerically by C-ID number and followed by a collection of OER by course title when there is no C-ID to reference. Books and resources are alphabetized within their sections.

If you are interested in seeing how available OER might be used to develop an English associate degree for transfer that is a zero textbook cost (“ZTC”) degree, please see OER and the English TMC.

Webinars and General Resources

Join the English OER Google group

Grammar and Style Guides

Readings and Anthologies

Articles on English OER and Open Pedagogy


OER for English and C-ID Descriptors

The following collection contains resources that range from textbooks to ancillary materials. Not all resources listed are openly licensed, please be sure to check the licensing. Contact us for any questions.

College Composition (C-ID ENGL 100)

Texts for ENGL 100

Other Texts for ENGL 100

Resources for ENGL 100

Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking (C-ID ENGL 105)

Texts for ENGL 105

Resources for ENGL 105

Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature (C-ID ENGL 110)

Texts for ENGL 110

Copyrighted and Openly Licensed for ENGL 110

Resources for ENGL 110

Introduction to Literature (C-ID ENGL 120)

See the C-ID English 110 list above. As per the course description, C-ID English 110, Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking Through Literature, is designed to include English 120 content.

Survey of American Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 130)

Texts for ENGL 130

Copyrighted and Openly Licensed for ENGL 130

Resources for ENGL 130

Survey of American Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 135)

Texts for ENGL 135

Copyrighted and Openly Licensed for ENGL 135

Resources for ENGL 135

Survey of World Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 140)

Texts for ENGL 140

Survey of World Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 145)

Texts for ENGL 145

Survey of Literature in English 1 (C-ID ENGL 150)

Texts for ENGL 150

Survey of Literature in English 2 (C-ID ENGL 152)

Texts for ENGL 152

Survey of Literature in English 3 (C-ID ENGL 155)

Texts for ENGL 155

Survey of British Literature 1 (C-ID ENGL 160)

Texts for ENGL 160

Survey of British Literature 2 (C-ID ENGL 165)

Texts for ENGL 165

Children’s Literature (C-ID ENGL 180)

Texts for ENGL 180

Introduction to Creative Writing (C-ID ENGL 200)

Texts for ENGL 200


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