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UNESCO is taking a leading role in "making countries aware of the potential of OER."[30]

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,[16] which was the main financial supporter of open educational resources in the early years and has spent more than $110 million in the 2002 to 2010 period, of which more than $14 million went to MIT.[2] The Shuttleworth Foundation, which focuses on projects concerning collaborative content creation, has contributed as well. With the British government contributing £5.7m,[27] institutional support has also been provided by the UK funding bodies JISC[28] and HEFCE.[29]

Creative Commons, an organisation that provides ready-made licensing agreements that are less restrictive than the "all rights reserved" terms of standard international copyright, is a "critical infrastructure service for the OER movement."[26]

Die Lizenz Freie Kunst (orig. französisch Licence Art Libre, LAL) ist eine französische Lizenz für Freie Inhalte mit Copyleftmerkmal

Sie erlaubt das freie Verbreiten und Modifizieren von Werken, die unter diese Lizenz gestellt wurden, sowohl für kommerzielle als auch nichtkommerzielle Verwendung

Verpflichtung zur Namensnennung des Urhebers in einer Form, die eine eindeutige Zuordnung zum Werk ermöglicht

Flat World Knowledge is a publisher of college-level open textbooks and educational supplements

The company originally offered every textbook published for free using online delivery under the open content paradigm

no longer offer a free version citing financial concerns as the reason for the change