Open Educational Resources

Answers to frequently asked questions including the basics of OER and how to find, use, and create OER.

Created by the Center for Open Education at the University of Minnesota, this community supports a library of open textbooks and programs to provide support for OER in higher education.

The M.O.S.T. initiative supports long-term, statewide scaling and sustainability of open educational resources (OER) to increase access, affordability, and achievement for Maryland higher education students.

OPEN guide for finding openly licensed media elements and other OER.

"OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources." Search by subject, education level, type of material, and more.

Collections of OER organized by topic or type.

Catalog of OER including textbooks, open access books, and public domain books; courses, course materials, learning objects, and modules; interactive simulations, audiobooks, videos, podcasts, and primary sources.

Created by George Mason University, this search engine can search across multiple OER websites, collections, and repositories.

"The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers."

Coalition of higher education institutions in California. Includes suggestions for finding open materials, accessibility evaluation, and community discussion.

Created by Carnegie Mellon University, "OLI provides dozens of college-level courses, and a platform that enables research and experimentation with any aspect of the learning experience."

Courseware and professional development materials.