Open Education Resources
Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials that are either licensed under an open copyright license, usually Creative Commons, or are in the public domain, such as Project Gutenberg.
Depending on the CC license, you may have free access and permission to:
- revise: to better meet your needs
- reuse: either the original or your revised version
- remix: combine it with other materials
- redistribute: make copies and share your new version with others.
OER can include textbooks, videos, simulations, assessments, lecture notes and even full courses!