The Affordable College Textbook Act seeks to proliferate the most successful open textbook efforts to date: local programs at colleges and universities that provide support for creating and adopting open textbooks and other OERs. The bill was introduced in the 114th Congress as S. 2176/H.R. 3721 and did not advance.

The curriculum and other learning materials developed by TAACCCT grantees are being made widely available to all types of training providers on SkillsCommons.org

In 2017, more than 70 bills related to OER were filed in 28 states. Major victories for OER occurred through enacted legislation in Texas, Colorado, Maryland, Washington, and New York during the 2017 legislative sessions.

Scottsdale Community College is the first college in Maricopa County to launch a “textbook-free degree” program, using open educational resources designed to save students as much as $3,700 in textbook costs.

This website is dedicated to providing easy pathways for Washington State Community and Technical College faculty to learn, find, use and apply OER, though it is applicable to all faculty.

The Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) is one of 16 National Foreign Language Resource Centers (LRC's) funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The overall mission of these federally-funded centers is to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices) that can be profitably employed in a variety of settings.

We are a global community of volunteers providing free online courses, face-to-face workshops, and innovative training programs on the meaning, application, and impact of “openness” in the digital age. Learn how to add a Creative Commons license to your work, find free resources for classroom use, open up your research, remix a music video, and more!

This resource provides examples of how institutions, companies, organizations and state governments across North America are working to expand the use, creation and improvement of Open Educational Resources. The list is not comprehensive but seeks to showcase successful projects, diverse approaches, and library involvement.

The OER World Map collects and visualizes data on the growing number of actors and activities in the field of open education worldwide.

What libraries are doing - an ARL SPEC Kit which explores the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support, and develop affordable course content and open educational resources.