JKM Library: Open Educational Resources: OER Efforts & Support

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Current Initiatives

SPARC - Open Education
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) works to enable the open sharing of research outputs and educational materials in order to democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery, and increase the return on our investment in research and education.
Open Education Consortium
A non-profit, global, members-based network of open education institutions and organizations. OEC represents its members and provides advocacy and leadership around advancement of open education globally. OEC works with its members to build capacity to find, reuse, create and share Open Educational Resources (OER), develop open policy, create sustainable open education models, and enable international collaboration and innovation.
Hewlett Foundation
The Hewlett Foundation advocates for Open Education Resources, provides grants for projects, and supports mainstream adoption and effective use of openly licensed educational resources that provide students around the world greater access to a world class education.