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Open Education Resources (OERs) are digital replacements for textbooks available under some form of Free license, such as Creative Commons. There are many projects to create OERs, including the Sugar Labs [[Replacing Textbooks]] project, and projects of state and national governments, NGOs, professional associations, and individual contributors.  

Open Educational Resources (OERs) are digital replacements for textbooks available under some form of Free license, such as Creative Commons. There are many projects to create OERs, including the Sugar Labs [[Replacing Textbooks]] project, and projects of state and national governments, NGOs, professional associations, and individual contributors.  

Most OERs are PDFs of existing content, including printed textbooks, but there are also innovative projects to produce interactive OERs using a variety of software, including Sugar, Logo, and Smalltalk, and to rethink educational content based on research into child development and computers in education. Much more research and development will be needed in this direction.

Most OERs are PDFs of existing content, including printed textbooks, but there are also innovative projects to produce interactive OERs using a variety of software, including Sugar, Logo, and Smalltalk, and to rethink educational content based on research into child development and computers in education. Much more research and development will be needed in this direction.

Globally, there is a need for OERs in several hundred subjects. Each country needs about 100 for 12 grades, usually divided into semesters, with five subjects taught at a time. Local content is needed for topics such as health, history, geography, literature, civics, and agriculture in more than 190 countries, some of which can share large portions. Materials for learning to speak, read, and write numerous languages are needed.

Globally, there is a need for OERs in several hundred subjects. Each country needs about 100 for 12 grades, usually divided into semesters, with five subjects taught at a time. Local content is needed for topics such as health, history, geography, literature, civics, and agriculture in more than 190 countries, some of which can share large portions. Materials for learning to speak, read, and write numerous languages are needed.

==External Links==

==External Links==

* [http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Browse Curriki] free and open K-12 resources

* [http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Browse Curriki] free and open K-12 resources

* The [http://www.librarianchick.com/ Librarian Chick catalog] of free digital education resources

* The [http://www.librarianchick.com/ Librarian Chick catalog] of free digital educational resources

* The [http://www.clrn.org/fdti/ California Free Digital Textbook Initiative] at high school level

* The [http://www.clrn.org/fdti/ California Free Digital Textbook Initiative] at high school level

* [http://www.col.org/ Commonwealth of Learning]

* [http://www.col.org/ Commonwealth of Learning]

* [http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home Open Education Resource Foundation]

* [http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Home Open educational Resource Foundation]

* [http://lemill.net/ LeMill] Web community for finding, authoring and sharing open educational resources in multiple languages

* [http://lemill.net/ LeMill] Web community for finding, authoring and sharing open educational resources in multiple languages

* [http://openeducation.zunia.org/post/open-educational-resources-oers/ World Bank Zunia OER discussion]

* [http://openeducation.zunia.org/post/open-educational-resources-oers/ World Bank Zunia OER discussion]