Library Research Guides: * Languages Resources: Open Educational Resources (OER)

What are OER?

"Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation." - UNESCO

As the definition above illustrates, OER are not limited to only open textbooks; however, textbook affordability is a central issue for many OER initiatives.

If you'd like to learn more about OER and textbook affordability, visit the Open Educational Resources and Affordable Textbooks guide.

Macro OER Sites

Center for Open Education Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)
The Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) is one of 16 National Foreign Language Resource Centers (LRC's) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The mission of these centers is to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages.
GALILEO Open Learning Resources: Foreign Languages Collection
GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary materials. This links to those pertaining to foreign languages.
MERLOT
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
LIBRE: Humanities: Languages
LIbre Tex Project is result of DOE $5 million Open Textbooks Project award in 2018, with a team of faculty from variety of institutions led by University of California-Davis, developing this site. This link pertains to resources devoted to languages.