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List of open-source resources for teaching ancient languages, including textbooks.

Open Access Magazine: Hebdomada Aenigmatum: magazine of crosswords, quizzes and other games in Latin language.

Open source alternative to Skype. Supports multiple video chats simultaneously (without a fee).

Open-source learning management system that includes audio/video recording, e.g., in quiz questions and responses.

Reading Russian Short Stories is an open resource by Filip Zachoval that contains stories written in Russian by different authors in the 20th and 21st centuries, each accompanied by questions and assignments. The collection is designed for learners of Russian, including heritage learners. There are numerous texts that are suitable for novice-high or intermediate-low learners. However, the majority of these texts are more suitable for learners who have reached or are about to enter higher levels of language competence, i.e. students at intermediate and advanced levels.

Satori Reader provides carefully curated, level-appropriate content with which to practice and grow. With thoughtfully annotated articles spanning a variety of interesting subject matter and a unique system that presents content in a manner appropriate to your knowledge, it bridges the gap between the controlled, textbook Japanese that most students start with and the wide-open world of real-life, native communication.

a free, open source toolkit for processing natural language text, based on machine learning. It includes common natural language processing functions such as tokenization, sentence segmentation, part-of-speech tagging, named entity extraction, chunking, parsing, and coreference resolution. Limitations: can be difficult to use unless you have programming background

The Most Common Core Videos, Games and Assessments Search and create online courses. Resources can be searched by subject and Common Core standards.

This Introduction to Homeric Greek series was created by members of the Hour 25 Community in coordination with Professor Graeme Bird as a community-generated, open access educational resource. The series is designed as a gentle introduction for absolute beginners.

Used the online editor to crop videos from YouTube, KhanAcademy, and other sites. Then record audio directly in the browser, and add multiple-choice and open-ended questions at any points in the video. You can also add audio notes. Useful for flipping the classroom. Limitations: You can't upload your own videos to the site. However, you could upload them to YouTube, then access them through EDpuzzle.

Create mind maps. Open source.

The first open online Spanish course for everyone.

The Chinese Text Project is an online open-access digital library that makes pre-modern Chinese texts available to readers and researchers all around the world. The site attempts to make use of the digital medium to explore new ways of interacting with these texts that are not possible in print. With over ten thousand titles and more than one billion characters, the Chinese Text Project is also one of the largest databases of pre-modern Chinese texts in existence.

Originally created for the students of NYU's Department of French, Papiers-Mâchés may interest any user eager to develop his or her written skills in French. The tutorial is free of charge and open to anyone but restricted to non-commercial uses. 

Resources for language teaching. Download and reuse.

One phone number, online voicemail, and enhanced call features

Search for MOOCs in various European languages.

Free online courses from Carnegie Mellon University, including courses on Arabic language & culture, French, and ESL.

There are more experiences than you can imagine at the tips of your fingers when you study abroad, but clinging to your American buddies will never open up these opportunities.