Open Educational Resources

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines open educational resources as "Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium--digital or otherwise--that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaption and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions" Open Educational Resources | UNESCO

Helpful links for open educational resources

Colorado Link to ZTC (zero textbook cost) training course

Governor Polis' ZTC Challenge! - Colorado Rises

Minnesota State

Minnesota State Opendora (minnstate.edu)

Wiley: Free for NOW—See Press Release

Subjects (wiley.com)
Wiley Press Release:
Wiley Offers Free Access to Support Educators, Researchers & Professionals Amid Growing COVID-19 Impact | John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

UNM Resources:

Open Textbook Library - Open Textbook Library (umn.edu)

Open Oregon Educational Resources

Open Oregon Educational Resources (pressbooks.pub)

Creative Commons OER Resources

CC Search Portal (creativecommons.org)

Saylor

Saylor Academy | Saylor Academy

Open Learning Initiative:

Educators – OLI (cmu.edu)

MIT OpenCourseWare

Search | MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources (OER) | EDUCAUSE

Lumen Learning

Lumen Learning | Online Materials & Resources for Higher Ed

OER Commons

88 Open Essays: A Reader for Students of Composition & Rhetoric | OER Commons

Open Education Consortium

OEGlobal – Open Education Global

Merlot

Guide to Grammar and Writing (merlot.org)

Bookboon

Download free eBooks for students and read business books for professionals online | Bookboon

Open Stax

OpenStax | Free Textbooks Online with No Catch

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

Webinars – CCCOER

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that works on a global scale to help overcome legal challenges regarding copyright and the sharing of information. They do this by providing various Creative Commons licenses which are free of charge and public domain tools that give people a way to freely share their creative and academic works while ensuring proper attribution and allowing others to copy, distribute, and make use of those works. Creative Commons does not work in lieu of copyright laws, but works within those laws. The Creative Commons licenses are simple to use, simple to obtain, and a great way to make sure that the creative and academic works you produce are fit for use by students and colleagues alike.

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