LibGuides: History: Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources (OERs) Library Guides

"Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation." (UNESCO)

OERs and MOOC Search Engines

OER Africa
OER Africa is an initiative of Saide, established in 2008 with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, to collaborate with higher education institutions in Africa in the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER), to enhance teaching and learning.
OER Commons
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
Open Education Resource InfoKit
This infoKit aims to both inform and explain OERs and the issues surrounding them for managers, academics and those in learning support. It is aimed at senior managers, learning technologists, technical staff and educators with an interest in releasing OERs to the educational community.
OpenLearn Create
Find free courses built by teachers, colleges, universities, organisations and individuals.
UNESCO Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright ..
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
Contains open reports, books, journals, serial publications, technical papers, country strategy documents, working papers, speeches etc.