LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Organizations

Organizations

Some leaders in the OER movement.

Commonwealth of Learning
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
Connexions
Textbooks, articles, supplements, learning resources for free online and free download. Can be copied and modified and reposted under your own name with attribution.
Creative Commons
"Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools."
Educause
Organization that supports higher education leaders and users of information technology.
Open Education Group
"An interdisciplinary research group that (1) conducts original, rigorous empirical research on the impact of OER adoption on a range of educational outcomes and (2) designs and shares methodological and conceptual frameworks for studying the impact of OER adoption."
Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN)
Open Washington
Information about OER, maintained by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
Student PIRGs
Site for the Make Textbooks Affordable campaign by Student PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups).
UNESCO
A supporter of open educational resources "to improve the quality of education as well as facilitate policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building."