Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available educational media that supplement or replace traditional textbooks. No cost (beyond printing) is one key benefit to students. No less valuable is the flexibility afforded by OERs which instructors and students may use, share, adapt, and repurpose. The University of Georgia has found that college students provided with free course materials at the beginning of a semester demonstrate greater success in a number of metrics than those who are not provided with free course materials. OERs include, but aren't limited to:
