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Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which also carry legal permission for open use. They include a multitude of formats, including textbooks, full courses, modules, videos, labs, assignments, and assessments. (Source: EDUCAUSE)
OER are licensed in such a way that enables adopters to utilize the 5 Rs:
Creative Commons licenses are often applied to OER to license these rights to adopters.
Your campus librarians are ready to help, so please don't hesitate to contact us!
$500 Stipend for Adopting Open Education Resources for your Class
OCC Fulltime and Adjunct Faculty! Earn a $500 one-time stipend for making this transition. ($450 to implement an OER plus $50 for writing a review).
See About the Grant
Sponsored by the OCC Foundation Provenzano Empowerment Fund.
OCC students saved $609,900 by using low or no-cost course materials in 2023/24. Total student savings to date is $1,998,800 .
Students: Check the OCC Bookstore listings for your courses for the note Free "Open Educational Resources" are required for this course. Please see your instructor means your instructor is providing your course materials at low cost or free! Thank your instructor if they are giving you this opportunity to save money!
Oakland Community College Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources by OCC Librarians is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://nmc.libguides.com/oer and https://libguides.lcc.edu/oer/overview.
Guide Editor: Wendy Kamps-Tsao