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Open Educational Resources (OER)

Are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in
the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that
permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation, and redistribution by others. (UNESCO)

Examples of some of the most valuable open educational resources available today:
• BCcampus OpenEd (Open Textbook Collection)

Find free and open textbooks. They are original creations or major adaptations
of existing works, funded by and published by BCcampus. open.bccampus.ca
• DOER - Directory of Open Educational Resources
Gives access to OER collections provided by Commonwealth educational
institutions. One of the collections is in the area of Technical and Vocational
Skills Development. Service provided by Commonwealth of Learning.
https://open.bccampus.ca/

• MIT OpenCourseWare
Browse free and open publication of materials from thousands of MIT
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Private University, USA)) courses,
covering the entire MIT curriculum. https://ocw.mit.edu/

• Pressbooks Directory
Pressbooks Directory provides an index of 5,101 books published .The
platform allows access to open textbooks that can be adapted to suit your
needs. https://pressbooks.directory/

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