Open Educational Resources

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

Publishing guides and workflows

There are plenty of resources out there to guide you through the process of publishing an OER. The CAUL OER Collective Publishing Workflow is designed to guide authors through the main stages of OER textbook publishing in Australia. Further information on each stage (Initiative, Plan, Draft, Design, Review, Publish and Evaluate) is available on the CAUL Open Educational Resources Collective Publishing Workflow website:

CAUL OER Collective Publishing Workflow

Australian resources

The OER Capability Toolkit
The OER Capability Toolkit by RMIT aims to provide educators a fundamental understanding in the use and creation of OER. It covers: Defining Open Education and OER; Understanding Open Licensing; Finding and Evaluating OER; Adapting, Creating and Sharing OER; and Open Pedagogy, Principles and Practices.
Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources
This practical guide provides a framework and tips to enhance inclusion, diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in Open Educational Resources.

International resources

The OER Starter Kit
A guide primarily intended for users who are completely new to the world of OERs. Provides an easy to understand overview of how to create OERs and how to use them in teaching and learning.
Authoring Open Textbooks
A guide for authors, librarians, project managers and others involved in the production of open educational textbooks. It includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organisation and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.
BC Campus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
The BC Campus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide is a reference for individuals or groups wanting to write and self-publish an open textbook. This guide provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook.
BC Open Education Accessibility Toolkit
A guide that covers best practice for how to make you’re your OER textbooks meets suitable accessibility guidelines, with the goal of assisting in the creation of truly open textbooks—free and accessible for all students.
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know.
This is a five-step guide for academics, and those who support academics, who want to adapt an existing OER textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.