OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported 3.0 License
According to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge."
The Open Education movement is built around the 5Rs of Openness
Why Use Open Educational Resources?
OERs are free, ready-to-use content for your classes.
Creators and users are free to retain rights, reuse content, remix content, revise content, or redistribute content.
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Most material is licensed under Creative Commons.
Presentation by Quill West of Pierce College on open education and open education resources.
Source: "Faculty Perpectives on OER Adoption" by Una Daly, CCCOER is licensed under CC BY 4.0