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OER: Open Educational Resources : Publish OERs

Publishing OERs

For a work to be considered an OER, it is necessary to distribute it online and permit users to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the resource. 

Depending on the type of resources, there may be different locations house the resource.  Two of the largest OER platforms are OER Commons and MERLOT II.  

Granting Permissions

Content creators can use the Creative Commons Choose a License Tool.  The tool will assist creators with grant permissions so others can retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the resource.

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