Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are published under an open copyright license, frequently a Creative Commons license, that permits others to freely use, adapt ...

Open educational resources typically have been offered to educators in bite-sized chunks—an individual lesson here, a classroom module there—and have been meant to fill in holes the core curriculum ...

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. As education costs soar, students face barriers when accessing essential learning resources. Open educational resources break ...

The cost of expensive commercial textbooks is a growing barrier to students’ ability to succeed. From 2006 to 2016, the cost of textbooks increased by 88 percent, more than than nearly any other ...

Web-based educational tools hold the promise of both reducing the cost of higher education and helping learners complete their degrees. Open courseware and other open educational resources are ...

The Science and Technology Section (STS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) hosted a panel discussion titled “OER: Science Liaisons Strengthening the Academy with Open ...

To help reduce textbook costs for students and offer them more relevant materials, faculty, staff and top administrators at University of Texas Permian Basin are working to create Open Educational ...

Federal lawmakers want to encourage schools to consider using free, modifiable learning resources for students before investing in costly textbooks and curricula. A move in the U.S. Senate to promote ...

This UNESCO Chairs Seminar, held online on 30 November 2023, gathered insights and recommendations on how Open Educational Resources (OER) can be leveraged for sustainable development in Africa. It ...

Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) represent a transformative shift in global educational paradigms, promoting accessible, flexible and inclusive learning ...