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Skills Commons is a FREE and OPEN digital library of workforce training materials.
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- Affordable Learning GeorgiaThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- BCcampus OpenEdThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- CK-12This link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- College Open TextbooksThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- Creative Commons SearchThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- LumenThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- OER CommonsThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- Open Course LibraryThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. at Open Washington
- Open Learning InitiativeThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. at Carnegie Mellon University
- Open Education ConsortiumThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- OpenStax CollegeThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- Open Textbook LibraryThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- Orange Grove Digital RepositoryThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- PHETThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. Interactive SimulationsThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. at University of Colorado, Boulder
- Khan AcademyThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- Saylor.orgThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- WikiEducatorThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
- WikiBooksThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab.
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OER is usually governed by Creative CommonsThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab. licenses that enable users to download, customize or print these resources without expressed written consent of the author. In contrast, new commercial companies provide free access to their content online, while charging lower prices for print products and supplemental services including enhanced OERs with adaptive learning capabilities. Link to our copyright CC commons pageThis link will take you to an external website in a new tab..