LibGuides: Applied Management: Open Educational Resources

What are Open Educational Resources?

According to UNESCO, Open Educational Resources (OER) 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. These materials can take any of the following formats:

Text Books
Curricula
Videos
Teaching notes
Lecture notes
Animination
Tests
Assignments
Projects
Audio

Search Engine for finding free university courses

OCW Search Is a search engine dedicated to helping you find the best free university courses online

Student Networks

Open Study Free community where you can meet students and get assistance
Nixty Is a global learning platform connecting students, educators, and institutions

Open Educational Resources for Transport Economics, Logistics and Tourism

Libguide on OERs

Multidisciplinary Open Educational Resources

Connexions Content Commons of free, open-licensed educational materials mostly at the college level
Khan Academy Is a non-profit educational website providing free world-class education for everyone.
iUNIV-Free Flow Education Is a service and platform that formulates social learning by using visual and auditory content provided online by institutions such as universities and other organizations
Saylor Free courses
TED Talks Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world
Wikiversity Project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning
YouTube EDU Collects all the great educational content being uploaded to YouTube by colleges and universities
Coursera Coursera is a for-profit educational technology company offering massive open online courses
Opencourseware Consortium A worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education and its impact on global education
Utah State OpenCourseware Is a collection of educational material used in our formal campus courses, and seeks to provide people around the world with an opportunity to access high quality learning opportunities.
Notre Dame OpenCourseware Free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world