OERandtheLiberalArts

cnx and others offering free textbooks

Open 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.

ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons which is dedicated to realizing the full potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources (OER). Our mission is to minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials - legal barriers, technical barriers, and social barriers.

Five academics from around the world plan to open a new kind of online university early next year, built upon professor star power and students learning from one another through online social tools. The teachers will be volunteers, the courses will cost next to nothing, and no official credit will be given.

On lawsuit against Zotero: "Proprietary data formats may be legally defensible but open standards can be a better spur for innovation."

Opening Up Education: The Collective Advancement of Education through Open Technology, Open Content, and Open Knowledge