OER Resources For Students
The following sites provide background information about Open Educational Resources (OER) for students and faculty wanting to become involved in the OER movement.
Every year in March OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. OE Week provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.
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Open Online Courses
Interested in taking a free course online from a reputable university to expand your knowledge? Here's a sampling of sites that provide a variety of online courses.
- CourseBuffetCourseBuffet lists courses from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) such as: Coursera, Udacity, edX, etc. They also list courses from providers such as the OpenCourseWare consortium, Saylor, and many others.
- MIT OpenCourseWareMIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free, publicly accessible, openly-licensed digital collection of high-quality teaching and learning materials, presented in an easily accessible format. Browse through, download and use materials from more than 2,500 MIT on-campus courses and supplemental resources, all available under a Creative Commons license for open sharing.
- Yale Open CoursesOpen Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.