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Open Educational Resources by Subject Disciplines

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

Open Educational Resources 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, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.

- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Locating OER

There are three main sources for OER:

OER Publishers and Producers
- Examples: OpenStax, Lumen, Saylor
OER Repositories
- Examples: OERCommons, Merlot II, OrangeGrove
Public Domain Materials
- Examples: Project Gutenberg, Government Documents

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
"Our mission is expanding access to education by promoting awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). Over 200 colleges have joined the consortium and many more participate in our activities and use resources posted here.

Check out the monthly webcam discussions about OERs.