Project Information

OER Project Directory Marking Open & Affordable Courses
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The project home for Marking Open and Affordable Courses is currently being migrated to a new platform and will be linked from this discussion board when it is available. The previous project home has been archived. Questions about this publishing project can be shared by replying to this discussion thread.

About This Book

Marking Open and Affordable Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies is intended to serve as a practical guide for institutions navigating the uncharted waters of tagging course material as open educational resources (OER) or under a “low cost” threshold by summarizing relevant state legislation, providing tips for working with stakeholders, and analyzing technological and process considerations.

The book is divided into two main sections. The first section provides high-level analysis of the technology, legislation, and cultural change needed to operationalize course markings. This section is organized with readers’ process in mind, moving from government mandates and preliminary information gathering to understanding technical requirements and then communicating markings to key constituents and collecting data to demonstrate impact. The second section presents tangible case studies for those interested in how others have implemented course markings. The first section of the book draws heavily on these case studies, providing real-life examples when concepts and strategies are discussed.

Project Leadership

Project Manager

    Michelle Reed

Lead Editors

    Sarah Hare, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Indiana University
    Jessica Kirschner, Open Educational Resources Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Michelle Reed, Director of Open Educational Resources, University of Texas at Arlington
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We’re excited to share that the digital pre-release of Marking Open and Affordable Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies is now available from Mavs Open Press. This open access book is the first and only guide for institutions navigating the uncharted waters of course material markings.

Marking Open and Affordable Courses was collaboratively authored, and the project was managed through the Rebus Community. Though the book aims to fill a clear content gap, its publication is only the beginning of what we believe will continue to be a robust and complex conversation. We invite readers to continue the conversation by interacting with the text using Hypothesis, posting to the project discussion board, and sharing experiences and examples on Twitter using the project hashtag #MarkingOER. We’re also hosting a fireside chat on May 28 as a part of Open Publishing Fest. Joining details will be posted to our Rebus Conferences & Events discussion board next week.

A hard copy of this book will be available for purchase in June 2020. To receive a notice when the text is available, follow the project on our Rebus site.

Over 60 authors and peer reviewers contributed to this project, and we are extremely grateful for their willingness to dedicate their time to this book project.

Best,

Marking Open and Affordable Courses: Best Practices and Case Studies Editors

Michelle Reed, Director of Open Educational Resources, University of Texas at Arlington

Sarah Hare, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Indiana University

Jessica Kirschner, Open Educational Resources Librarian, Virginia Commonwealth University

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