Open Education Resources (OER) are resources for teaching, learning, and research that either reside in the public domain or have been published under intellectual property licenses that allow free use. OER can include anything from:
OERs provide students with affordable and accessible course materials while giving faculty the ability to customize course materials, creating the “perfect” course packet or textbook instead of being bound to a traditional one-size-fits-all model.
The terms “open content” and “open educational resources” describe any copyrightable work that is either (1) in the public domain or (2) licensed in a manner that provides everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:
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