Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost.

This is a five-step guide for faculty, and those who support faculty, who want to modify an open textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.

This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.

Rebus Community is the open education and professional development arm of The Rebus Foundation, a global non-profit and Canadian registered charity working to make knowledge freely available in the pursuit of equity, understanding, and the common good.

OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.

The Teaching Commons brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.

The OER Research Database provides a free and easily accessible venue for instructors, administrators, students, policy-makers, and other stakeholders to locate research and formal literature on the use of open educational resources and practices.

Open Education Fact Sheet

Open pedagogy is the practice of engaging with students as creators of information rather than simply consumers of it.