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They include a multitude of formats, including textbooks, full courses, modules, videos, labs, assignments, and assessments.
*This content was modified from Furman's OER General Collections LibGuide page with permission.
Open = Free + Permissions
OERs are licensed in such a way that enables adopters to utilize the 5 Rs:
Creative Commons licenses are often applied to OERs to license these rights to adopters. (See graphics above.)
*This content was modified from Furman's OER General Collections LibGuide page with permission and David Ernst's Oct. 6, 2017 OTN presentation for OhioLINK (Columbus, OH).
Faculty can add, remove, and modify content to fit their classroom rather than having an expensive textbook dictate topics and order.
Resources can be accessed immediately, retained, and returned to again and again.
These materials have the ability to save students money when adopted. However, lower cost of textbooks is only one of the many benefits of OERs. Check out this blog post by David Wiley, Chief Academic Office of Lumen Learning, examining the "cost trap" issue when discussing OERs and the other benefits of OERs/issues associated with traditional copyrighted materials.
*This content was modified from Furman's OER General Collections LibGuide page with permission.