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7.4. OER Resources
Using Open Educational Resources
Open educational resources (OER) are freely available, openly licensed materials that can be used for teaching and learning. OER may take the form of a free online textbook or could be a reusable learning object.
Watch this award-winning video on why “Open Education Matters: Why is it Important to Share Content (new window).”
OER Resources
Free, peer-reviewed, high quality e-textbooks are available from projects such as:
- OpenStax College (new window)
- Connexions (new window)
- Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (new window)
- OER Commons (new window)
- Project Gutenberg (new window)
There are many others available!
- The College Open Textbooks Collaborative (COTC) (new window) has adapted a set of criteria for evaluating open textbooks.
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