Open Textbooks in French (and other languages!)

[rdearman]

I know in English there are a number of open textbooks which are free to download and use like the ones at College Open Textbooks. Is anyone aware of a similar initiative in other languages? I'm specifically looking for French at the moment, but I'm sure many people would be interested in other languages.

[DaveBee]

I know in English there are a number of open textbooks which are free to download and use like the ones at College Open Textbooks. Is anyone aware of a similar initiative in other languages? I'm specifically looking for French at the moment, but I'm sure many people would be interested in other languages.

French wikiversity has a french section, but following the section links, it looks a bit patchy.

https://fr.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiver ... A9:Accueil

Les Ronces mentioned a french YouTube channel that has videos on many subjects.

https://www.youtube.com/user/netprof/playlists

Archive.org would have out of copyright works too.

[tomgosse]

I know in English there are a number of open textbooks which are free to download and use like the ones at College Open Textbooks. Is anyone aware of a similar initiative in other languages? I'm specifically looking for French at the moment, but I'm sure many people would be interested in other languages.

Liberté, a French textbook - Used in many colleges, free textbook for download or purchase print-on-demand.
Français interactif - University of Texas, free textbook for download or purchase print-on-demand.

[tommus]

Here is a good set of free Dutch physics material:

Natuurkunde

And another extensive series on physics:

Natuurkunde.nl/articles

[aravinda]

The best site I know for free French ebooks is this one:
https://www.ebooksgratuits.com
However, they are not textbooks. I rarely use text books in e-version.
With a quick search I found these sites for free French textbooks. I don't know how good they are.
http://www.livrespourtous.com
http://www.livresnumeriquesgratuits.com
And this one (not exclusively textbooks)
https://www.decitre.fr/ebook/bonnes-aff ... tuits.html

[tomgosse]

I see that I misunderstood your initial post. I thought that you were looking for textbooks that teach French, not textbooks in French that are about other subjects. Such as a textbook on histoire. I could not find free textbooks in French, but here are two YouTube channels in French:
C'est pas sorcier, a long running science and history show from France.
Yannick Sayer, sciences et mathématiques.

[Tillumadoguenirurm]

Doabooks.org and oapen.org has some books in French as well as some other languages.

I had lelivrescolaire.fr bookmarked but I haven't looked at it yet.

[rdearman]

Excellent! Keep them coming. I am looking for books in French to learn other things. I get to double up the learning.

[rdearman]

http://www.livrespourtous.com/

[Iversen]

Here is a good set of free Dutch physics material:
Natuurkunde
And another extensive series on physics:
Natuurkunde.nl/articles

Excellent stuff for those who are interested in natural sciences. I have made copies of 9 pages for intensive study, and that's barely scratching the surface of the second site.