Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) at NECC: OER Courses at NECC

Where can students print OER materials?

CreateSpace
Affordable design, editing, and marketing services for print.
Lulu
Upload your ebook and materials online and create a customized book for your studies.
Pressbooks
Create quality print editions of your ebook

Organizations that support OER

CCCOER- Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources "CCCOER is a growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources."
Creative Commons "Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that helps overcome legal obstacles to the sharing of knowledge and creativity to address the world’s most pressing challenges."
Lumen Learning "Lumen’s affordable course materials are designed to strengthen learning using open educational resources (OER). They provide high quality, interactive learning content, online homework, and personalized feedback to help students study and learn more effectively, with plenty of opportunities to engage in active learning. We apply learning science principles and analyze learning data to identify where students struggle and make targeted improvements that strengthen learning."
Northwestern Michigan College "Educational materials made freely and legally available on the Internet for anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute."
Open Textbook Library "The Open Education Network is based in the Center for Open Education in the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development."
Portland Community College "PCC’s OER Steering Committee has set a goal to help instructors save students $1 million dollars by Fall 2017. Take a look at our current student savings estimates and report your work with open resources."
SPARC: Advancing Open Access, Open Data, Open Education "SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design. We believe everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world. "
UMASS Amherst "UMass Library Open Education Initiative has generated a total savings of over $1.6 million for students in classes that utilize open educational resources or free library material."

NECC Faculty Video: Why adopt open?

Learn more:

How do I find OER Courses at NECC?

To search for OER courses on NECC website, select Academics tab and then select Course Schedule Tool. Select the appropriate term and additional information and check the box for the Low Cost/No-cost textbooks option.

Hover your cursor over the CRN number for additional information about the course.