Open Educational Resources

Open educational resources are course materials that anyone can freely retain, revise, remix, reuse and redistribute.

The following lists include examples of OERs for subjects taught at the University. They are by no means comprehensive.

You can also search the suggested platforms listed throughout this guide or contact the Library's Learning Support team for help.

Textbooks

Good corporation, bad corporation: corporate social responsibility in the global economy
Textbook providing an innovative, internationally orientated approach to the teaching of corporate social responsibility and business ethics. Includes case studies involving companies and countries around the world encouraging readers to challenge their own assumptions and prejudices. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.
International business
Textbook providing a exploration into building, leading, and thriving in global organisations in an increasingly flat world. Includes mini cases on unique global business topics. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.
International trade: theory and policy
Textbook aimed to help students learn about the international economy by exlpaining how economic models are applied to real world problems. Includes a variety of international trade models and addresses issues such as free trade area formation and administered protection policies. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.

Open Knowledge Repository
Publications and resources from the World Bank Group related to a wide range of topics including business, economics, and development. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. Includes WTO agreements which have been negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world's trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. Reuse allowed for non-commercial purposes as long as attribution is provided.
Australian Bureau of Statistics: international trade
Collection of data relating to international trade. CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) license.

World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development in countries around the globe.
Find data by country, topic or World Development Indicators (WDI)

MIT OpenCourseWare: International economics
Course from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a focus on theory and empirical topics in international trade. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.
Marginal Revolution University: International trade
Introductory video course from MRU which looks at the basic theories of international trade and the consequences of trade in today's global economy. MRU was founded by two economics professors from the George Mason University to provide world class economics education to everyone, everywhere for free. CC BY-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives) license.
MIT OpenCourseWare: International trade
Course from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology which analyses the causes and consequences of international trade and investment. CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike) license.
Saylor Academy: International Trade
Online self-directed course which provides students with an analytical framework for the study of international trade. Asides from final exams content created by Saylor Academy is CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution) licensed. Various licenses for third party material.