In the first years of the Open Education North Carolina initiative, NC LIVE and its partners assessed and selected open textbooks for the most frequently taught courses. Of the top 42 courses that were curated, Carteret Community College teaches 31 (see table below). To browse the textbooks, use this link: https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/oenc
| ACA 122 -- College Transfer Success | ACC 120 -- Principles of Accounting I |
| ART 111 -- Art Appreciation | BIO 110 -- Principles of Biology |
| BIO 111 -- General Biology I | BIO 168 -- Anatomy and Physiology I |
| BIO 169 -- Anatomy and Physiology II | BUS 110 -- Introduction to Business |
| CHM 151 -- General Chemistry I | CHM 152 -- General Chemistry II |
| CIS 110 -- Introduction to Computers | COM 120 -- Interpersonal Communication |
| COM 231 -- Public Speaking | ECO 251 -- Principles of Microeconomics |
| ENG 111 -- Expository Writing | ENG 112 -- Argument-Based Research |
| ENG 114 -- Prof Research & Reporting | HEA 110 -- Personal Health/Wellness |
| HIS 111 -- World Civilizations I | HIS 131 -- American History I |
| HUM 115 -- Critical Thinking | MAT 143 -- Quantitative Literacy |
| MAT 152 -- Statistical Methods I | MAT 171 -- Precalculus Algebra |
| MAT 172 -- Precalculus Trigonometry | MUS 110 -- Music Appreciation |
| PED 110 -- Fit and Well for Life | PHI 240 -- Introduction to Ethics |
| POL 120 -- American Government | PSY 150 -- General Psychology |
| PSY 241 -- Developmental Psychology | SOC 210 -- Introduction to Sociology |
| SPA 111 -- Elementary Spanish I |