# Open Education Resources

## Introduction

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. OER form part of 'Open Solutions', alongside Free and Open Source software (FOSS), Open Access (OA), Open Data (OD) and crowdsourcing platforms. The term OER describes publicly accessible materials and resources for any user to use, re-mix, improve, and redistribute under some licenses. The development and promotion of open educational resources is often motivated by a desire to provide an alternate or enhanced education paradigm.\[1]

## 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.

{% embed url="<https://www.oercommons.org>" %}

## OpenStax

OpenStax creates peer-reviewed, openly-licensed textbooks, which are available in free digital formats and for a low cost in print.

{% embed url="<https://openstax.org>" %}

## Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg (PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize and archive cultural works and encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.

{% embed url="<https://www.gutenberg.org>" %}

## Classic Books Read.gov

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress provides online books and resources for literacy & reading for everyone.

{% embed url="<http://read.gov/books>" %}

## Open Education Resources Guide

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## References

1. Unesco, [Building Knowledge Societies](https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer) (2021)&#x20;


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