Open Educational Resources (OER): Introduction to OER

SUNY/CUNY OER Resources

To help campuses ensure that their online courses are learner centered and well designed, a team of Open SUNY staff and campus stakeholders has designed the OSCQR rubric, a customizable and flexible tool for online course quality review.

Why This Is a Big Deal

Institutions pay faculty.
Faculty do research.
Faculty give up content rights to publishers.
Publishers charge institutions and faculty to access their research.
Subscription and textbook prices are skyrocketing.

What is Open Access?

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Big Profits for Publishers

Publisher profit updates