Q. What makes OER ‘open’?

Open educational resources are licensed to enable adopters to utilize the 5 Rs:

1. Retain a copy of the content
2. Revise – edit, adapt, modify your copy as it fits your intended use
3. Remix – combine your revision with other existing material to create something new
4. Reuse – use your original, revised, or remixed copy of the resource publicly
5. Redistribute – share copies of your original, revised, ore remixed copy of the resource

--adapted from Defining the “Open” in Open Content, David Wiley, CC By 4.0