"If you are looking for open online courses, please consult one of the sources below. If you are offering a MOOC (that is not from one of the sources listed) please send email to stephen@downes.ca and I will included it in the MOOC Course List."

Colleges aren't the only enterprises interested in the possibilities of free, online courses. Publishers have begun to investigate whether so-called MOOC's, or massive open online courses, can help them reach new readers and sell more books.

The adjective "open" ostensibly makes educational resources more easily accessible. But "open" can mean a lot of things: resources that are free; research that is publicly available on the Web and indexed by search engines; courses that offer open enrollment; materials that are openly licensed; content and code that can be copied and modified and redistributed. "Open" can mean "transparent." Open versus proprietary. Open versus closed.

Short videos that explain the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.

An animation illustrating the steps involved in embedding open licenses in educational resources, and some of the associated IPR issues.