A 30,000’ View of the Open Education Landscape

Authors

Nancy A. Henke, University of Northern ColoradoFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

9-25-2025

Abstract

This webinar offers a high-level view of the textbook affordability landscape and the library’s role in this movement. It examines the differences among Open Educational Resources (OER), Library-Licensed Educational Resources (LER), and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiatives, and considers commercial responses such as automatic textbook billing programs. The session highlights how libraries support each model through curation, publishing, outreach, and faculty collaboration, and provides an overview of key organizations shaping open education and affordability, including SPARC, OEGlobal, and Creative Commons, along with mission-driven publishers like OpenStax and LibreTexts.

Comments

"A 30,000' View of the Open Education Landscape" by Nancy A. Henke is licensed CC BY 4.0, unless where otherwise noted.

Recommended Citation

Henke, Nancy A., "A 30,000’ View of the Open Education Landscape" (2025). About OER. 8.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/aboutoer/8