Open Educational Resources

Series with individual titles presenting a study on a particular theme, region or subject. Published by the Australian National University. Titles published before 2018 are free to access but do not have an open license. Titles published after 2018 are CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) licensed.

Introduction to the development of Australian society which focuses on the transmission of values, beliefs and customs amongst Australian people. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license.

Textbook designed for undergraduate survey course in world history. Topics covered include: the Americas and Columbus, imperialism, World War II, decolonisation, Cold War, and neoliberal globalisation. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Teaching and study resource that combines rare archival source materials with high quality peer-reviewed chapters by leading academics. CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives) license.

3 volume textbook of western civilisation from 8000BCE to the recent past. Vol 1: origins of civilisation in Mesopotamia up to the early European Middle Ages. Vol 2: Middle Ages to the French Revoultion. Vol 3: Napoleonic era to the recent past including the Cold War. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Podcast series from the University of Oxford's Faculty of History. Only episodes with a (CC) symbol next to their title are available under a CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Collection of cultural objects and historical documents contributed from libraries, archives and museums around the world. Copyright status varies but most items should be in the public domain.

Essays and collections which explore curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature and ideas - focusing on works which have fallen into the public domain. Essays CC BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike) license, featured works public domain or various open licenses.

Interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the empirical and theoretical study of historical consciousness, historical cultures, and history education. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

Courses in history as taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Content varies but can include lecture notes, videos, assignments with solutions, student project examples etc. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license but courses may refer to copyright material.

History courses ranging from introductory to advanced level from the Open University. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Courses from the Yale University Department of History. Includes courses on American, English and French history. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Courses covering world history, modern revolutions and industrialisation from the Saylor Academy. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.