Open-Books-And-Textbooks

https://library.ucc.edu.gh/open-books-and-textbooks

Cornell University Press/Project MUSE OA Books: Seven books on History & Literature published by Cornell University Press, now offered as Open Access books. Topics include the history of Russia, Poland and Germany as well as cultural criticism.
DPLA eBook Collections: An effort by the Digital Public Library of America to increase access to eBooks. Contains both open and “closed” ebooks.
The Global Text Project is an open educational resource that creates and translates open content textbooks and makes them freely available online. Global Text Project is a non-profit organisation which aims to eliminate the prohibitive cost of textbooks and make education accessible to everyone, regardless of income, location, or any other factor. The organisation focuses on reaching people of university-going age in the developing world. Founded in 2006, the Global Text Projects has made over 100 textbooks available for free online, many of which have also been translated into a variety of other languages.
A multidisciplinary Open Access publisher of books and journals covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. InTech has published more than 850 Open Access books, and provides support services for faculty who wish to publish a book or journal and make it available via Open Access.
The Open Research Library (ORL) is planned to include all Open Access book content worldwide on one platform for user-friendly discovery, offering a seamless experience navigating more than 14,000 Open Access books.
A collection of over 6,000 Open Access DRM-free ebooks from a variety of academic publishers with coverage in many disciplines including Business, Anthropology, Education, Environmental Science, Health Sciences, History, Law, Political Science, Religion, Psychology, Technology and more!    
A collection of course materials developed by Lumen Learning, Lumen Learning was co-founded by open education visionary Dr. David Wiley and education technology strategist Kim Thanos, Lumen is dedicated to facilitating broad, successful adoption of OER.

Open journals

https://library.ucc.edu.gh/OpenJournal

DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed. All data is freely available.
Academic Journals accelerates the dissemination of knowledge through the publication of high quality research articles using open access model. 
  

Open video resources

https://library.ucc.edu.gh/Open%20Video%20Resources

CC Search: Search across several repositories, including YouTube, Google, SoundCloud, and more, for still images, music, and videos.
Internet Archive – Moving Image Archive: More than 1.5 million digitized videos and clips, including cartoons, commercials and classic films, many public domain or available via Creative Commons license.
The Open Video Project: A repository of open access digitized videos for education and learning purposes.
Public Domain Project: Thousands of audio, image, and video files in the public domain from the collection of the Pond5 stock footage company.
Videvo.net: Free stock videos and motion graphics for use in any project. Many clips carry a Creative Commons license.  

Open Repositories

https://library.ucc.edu.gh/OER%20Repositories

OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held. Try it out for yourself: 
 African Digital Research Repositories
The Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Teaching (MERLOT), developed by the California State University Center for Distributed Learning offers access to thousands of open educational materials. The search function even allows you to enter an ISBN number of a current textbook to find a comparable open textbook.
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool developed by SUNY Geneseo, in consultation with Alexis Clifton, SUNY OER Services Executive Director, that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 73 different sources and contains 171,998 records
OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held. Try it out for yourself: 

Open online journal system

https://journal.ucc.edu.gh


Abibisem: Journal of African Culture and Civilization Abibisem: A Journal of African Culture and Civilization, is a multi-disciplinary, peer reviewed journal, committed to publishing well-researched general or technical articles in any of the fields pertaining to African history, African philosophy, African music, culture and civilization and Africa’s relationship with the wider world. Abibisem was launched in 2008, and is published by the Department of History, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. From 2019, Abibisem will be published twice a year, in June and December. View Journal   Current Issue

African Journal of Education Studies The African Journal of Education Studies (AJES) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that focuses on education issues in the African continent. It addresses a variety of disciplines within the field, including science education, mathematics education, psychology, teacher education, e-learning, vocational and technical education, ICT education, physical and health education, curriculum issues, teaching, and assessment.The Journal is affiliated with the Faculty of Science and Technology Education at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and publishes articles incrementally, with annual issues. AJES follows a double-blind peer-review process, and the Editor-in-Chief decides on manuscript acceptance. Authors retain the copyright to their work, and the Journal is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, providing immediate open access to its content once published. AJES is a valuable resource for researchers, scholars, and practitioners interested in education in Africa. View Journal  Current Issue

African Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management AJTHM is a peer-reviewed and open access journal published by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management of the University of Cape Coast. The journal seeks to; Publish and disseminate widely, research findings relating to the subjects of Tourism and Hospitality management on Africa or the rest of the world. Promote scholarship and research collaboration among tourism and hospitality academics and professionals on the African continent and beyond. Help bridge the gap between industry and academia by providing a forum for the exchange of ideas between the two entities. Provide an international forum for the discussion of a wide range of applied research relating to tourism and hospitality management in Africa and beyond. View Journal   Current Issue  
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