Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials for learning, teaching, and research in any format and medium that:<\/p>\n
International researchers have identified the following capabilities for open educational resources:<\/p>\n
Wiley, D., & Hilton III, JL (2018). Defining OER-Supported Pedagogy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19 (4).<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Directory of Open Access Books<\/a> \u2013 access to 4,589 peer-reviewed academic books from 155 publishers.<\/p>\n EdEra Books<\/a> \u2013 a social project focused on interactive educational literature. Developed by a team of young researchers, programmers, designers, and experts. Online books on EdEra consist of illustrated texts with integrated videos and quizzes to test acquired knowledge. They allow you to combine different methods of information absorption and increase learning effectiveness. And most importantly\u2014free online access 24\/7.<\/p>\n MIT OpenCourseWare<\/a> \u2013 an initiative by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish open-access educational materials from its courses for undergraduate and graduate students. The project was launched on April 4, 2001.<\/p>\n OpenStax College<\/a> \u2013 an educational initiative of Rice University. Free access to online versions of peer-reviewed textbooks across various fields of study.<\/p>\n OER Commons<\/a> \u2013 a public digital library of open educational resources. A platform for educators worldwide to collaborate on improving curricula.<\/p>\n OpenEd at BCcampus<\/a> is a Canadian government project launched in 2012 and focused on providing students with open textbooks and other educational materials.<\/p>\n Open Education North Carolina Textbooks<\/a> \u2013 an initiative to reduce the cost of higher education for North Carolina students by providing open textbooks for courses most commonly taught at the state\u2019s universities.<\/p>\n Open Culture: 200 Free Textbooks<\/a> \u2013 access to 200 open textbooks by renowned scholars and over 1,700 free online courses from the world\u2019s leading universities.<\/p>\n Open Textbook Initiative from the American Institute of Mathematics<\/a> \u2013 the \u201cOpen Textbook\u201d initiative from the American Institute of Mathematics.<\/p>\n Open Textbook Library<\/a> \u2013 a collection of over 1,020 open textbooks covering computer science, engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.<\/p>\n LibreTexts: Free the Textbook<\/a> \u2013 an inter-institutional platform to improve higher education at all levels by developing open-access resources. Access to 398 open textbooks and 154 courses.<\/p>\n Electronic Archive of Scientific and Educational Materials of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (ElAKPI)<\/a><\/p>\n arXiv<\/a> \u2013 the largest open-access repository of electronic publications of scientific articles and their preprints in physics, mathematics, astronomy, computer science, biology, and more. Supported by the Cornell University Library.<\/p>\n CORE<\/a> \u2013 the world\u2019s largest aggregator of open-access scientific publications. Provides access to scientific content from data providers around the world, including publishers, institutional, and subject-specific repositories that support open-access policies.<\/p>\n OpenDOAR<\/a> \u2013 a directory of open access repositories.<\/p>\n Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)<\/a> \u2013 a registry of open access repositories.<\/p>\n DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals<\/a> \u2013 an online directory of peer-reviewed open access journals.<\/p>\n Explore PLOS Journals<\/a> \u2013 a non-profit scientific publishing project aimed at creating a library of journals and other scientific literature under a free license and available via open access.<\/p>\n Open Access Journals of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute<\/a><\/p>\n CC Search<\/a> \u2013 search for images, music, and videos across various platforms, including YouTube, Google, SoundCloud, and more.<\/p>\n Smithsonian Open Access<\/a> \u2013 an initiative of the Smithsonian Institution offering access to over 2.8 million images under the CC0 open license. The featured items cover art, science, history, culture, technology, and design.<\/p>\n TED Talks<\/a> \u2013 video talks from TED, a non-profit organization dedicated to spreading ideas.<\/p>\n Flickr: Creative Commons<\/a> \u2013 search for images under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n VUM Online, the Open University of Maidan<\/a>, is an educational initiative that promotes ideas and fosters the development of civil society in Ukraine. The platform offers over 80 courses consisting of video lectures, practical assignments, and quizzes. These courses are taught by leading faculty from business schools, the public sector, and practitioners in business and the social sphere. Topics include personal development and realizing your potential; entrepreneurship as a mechanism for the qualitative development of communities and society; and understanding the structure and functioning of an open society and its formation in Ukraine.<\/p>\n Coursera<\/a> is a platform offering hundreds of free courses in various disciplines from universities around the world. Coursera for Campus is now available to all Ukrainian higher education institutions and students\u2014this provides access to over 5,200 courses and 2,200 projects free of charge for higher education institutions.<\/p>\n The Coursera for Refugees program<\/a> is available free of charge to non-profit organizations worldwide. Anyone who needs financial assistance to access Coursera courses can apply in the \u201cFinancial Aid available\u201d section on the page of the selected course.<\/p>\n EdEra<\/a> (Education Era) is an online education studio. The platform offers online courses, special projects, interactive textbooks, and educational blogs.<\/p>\nMore information about open educational resources<\/h1>\n
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