LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): About OER and OER Resources

Open Educational Resources

"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, if any, ownership rights." (https://www.oercommons.org/about)

Examples include: lesson plans, textbooks, simulations, university courses and more!

openNCCC
openNCCC is a object repository that allows the sharing of digital resources within the NC Community College System.
OER Commons
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons currently includes open educational materials in broad subject areas. Materials include lesson plans, textbooks, activities, assessments, readings, and more.
Openstax
OpenStax is one of the most popular OER repositories in use today, and provides textbooks for college as well as high school AP courses.
OASIS
An integrated search tool by SUNY. Contains over 3,000 records
Open Textbook Library
Open textbook Library was started so that faculty could find open textbooks in one place.
MERLOT
"The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. " (Merlot website 2022)