Cost savings are a huge motivator for many when adopting Open Educational Resources, but there are plenty of other reasons to use or create OER. They also provide the opportunity to personalize learning materials to fit a specific course or an educator’s unique approach to a topic. This could include rearranging the order material is presented in, adding or eliminating content, changing examples to be more relevant to your students, or other modifications.

Open Educational Resources, pedagogies, and practices can also:

• Increase innovation by allowing good ideas to grow and be built upon by others.
• Allow access to learning materials to those who might not otherwise have it.
• Encourage collaboration and participation in knowledge creation.
• Enable users to have print and digital copies of the same text without having to purchase separate copies.
• Help other educators implement changes quickly and efficiently.

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