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OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER) FOR ONLINE LEARNER
​ A pioneering initiative in the open educational resources movement.
EdX ​
​​​EdX is a non-profit created by founding partners Harvard and MIT
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
Connexions ​
Launched in 1999 by Rice University, Connexions offers users the ability not only to create content but to repurpose others’ content to include in a course. Connexions is later named as OpenStax.
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Khan Academy
It provide "a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere"
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Cosmo Learning
Cosmolearning works with a mission “To collect educational and cultural resources to create a free online school, empowering people with access to a world-class education at no cost.”
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Internet Archive
​It is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, and more.
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Merlot
This massive resource was begun by a consortium of state higher education systems.
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OER Commons
Compiles contributions of individuals, universities, cultural institutions, online initiatives etc.
Managed by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.
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Open Course Ware Consortium
​OCWC is collaboration of higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.
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Wikiversity
Open Learning community. Wikiversity offers learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education
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OpenLearn
Open University has shared a number of its educational materials with the world
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YouTube EDU
​Brings learners and educators together in a global video classroom.
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Applied Math & Science Educational Repository.
​AMSER is an online portal offering a collection of educational resources and services built specifically for use by those in community and technical colleges, but free for anyone to use.
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National Repository of Online Courses (NROC).
​NROC offers a short list of advanced placement, college preparatory, and foundational college-level courses in math, science, and American history and government.
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iTunesU
​Apple made a splash at the beginning of 2012 with the announcement of its iTunesU app. It brings classroom on ipad.
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Webcast Berkeley
​Berkeley has made it incredibly easy to learn wherever you are with its webcast initiative.
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WatchKnowLearn
WatchKnowLearn is an inspiring example of the great resources that do exist for young learners, offering a huge collection of educational videos for schoolchildren
​Textbook Revolution makes it easy to search for free and open alternatives.
Subjects: All types of educative and inspirational books
It offers every type of book imaginable, from reference books to novels. Offers about 49,773 free ebooks, Over 100,000 free ebooks are available through their Partners, Affiliates and Resources.
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Academic Earth
​It holds true to its original mission of giving everyone access to a world-class education.
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Open Yale Courses
Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University.
The University of the People (UoPeople)
University of the People (UoPeople) is the Education Revolution! It is the first non-profit, American-accredited, tuition-free online university dedicated to opening access to higher education globally.
TED : Ideas are an incredibly important part of learning, and TED believes in spreading those ideas through wildly entertaining and inspiring talks given by some of the most remarkable people in the world.
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Instructable: This site is particularly impressive because even with just a quick browse, it makes you feel like you could do and know just about anything with the right set of instructions.
C-SPAN Video Library (Government / Political Science)
All C-SPANCabel networks programs can be viewed online for free.
Chemistry Collective:
The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use the content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams.
HEAL (Health Education Assets Library)
It is a part of the U.S. National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library Project. The goal of HEAL is to create a collection of digital teaching and learning resources for medical students and professionals.
iLumina (Sciences) : As a part of the U.S. National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library ProjectiLumina is developed.
It’s considered as digital library of sharable undergraduate teaching materials for chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.
Learning Exchange (Social Services) : The Learning Exchange is an online digital library developed by IRISS (the Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services)
IRISS have indexed thousands of learning resources specifically for social services education and training. These include information sheets, official publications, interactive learning resources, video clips, case studies, podcasts, and radio broadcasts.
National Science Digital Library (Sciences) NSDL
NSDL provides online educational resources for teaching and learning, with current emphasis on the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines—both formal and informal, institutional and individual, in local, state, national, and international educational settings.
PhET (Physics Education Technology) is hosted by the University of Colorado at Boulder
PhET provides access to interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena.
Public Library of Science (Science and Medicine)
Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a non-profit publisher, membership, and advocacy organization with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
Visible Geology
Presents working simulations, micro worlds, games for geology
OpenStudy
OpenStudy is a virtual learning community that lets self-learners study various subjects together online. Students help each other learn; there is no teacher present. OpenStudy is a for-profit business funded by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Georgia Research Alliance.
Peer 2 Peer University
Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) connects people who want to learn about a topic with people who have volunteered to share their knowledge about that topic online.
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
The Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) is a joint effort by individual community colleges, regional and statewide consortia, the Open Courseware Consortium, the American Association for Community Colleges, the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, and many other educational partners to develop and use open educational resources, open textbooks, and open courseware to expand access to higher education and improve teaching and learning.
Ithaca College Library
Contains links to public domain images, sheet music, and audio files.
OER Africa
Focuses on supporting and developing OER in the thematic areas of agriculture, health education, foundation courses, and teacher education.
Wiki Educator
It works on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs; networking on funding proposals developed as free content.
Open Education
Open Education offers a section of its site to news and insight from the world of open education resources. Contributors include librarians, college faculty members, and other open-source and open-access enthusiasts.