Open Educational Resources, or OER, are free educational resources that can be used for the purpose of teaching, learning, research or any other purposes. To sum it up, they are educational resources that are free to anyone who wants to use them. Creative Commons makes it possible for us to have these free resources. Creative Commons license allow the distribution, copy, and display of OER. Below is a list of several Creative Commons licenses that exist.
1. Attribution - This license allows you to modify, share and build upon the original work, as long as you give credit to the original creator.
2. Attribution Sharealike - This license includes the same characteristics at number 1, but also details that all edited work must carry the same license and and allow commercial use.
3. Attribution Noderivs - This license allows for users to share the work for commercial and non-commercial work but the original work must be kept in tact and given credit to the original creator.
4. Attribution Noncommercial - You can modify and build upon the original work but only non-commercially. The user must also credit the original creator.
5. Attribution Noncommercial Sharealike - This is a combination of the noncommercial and sharealike licenses. The user can modify the original work but only for non-commercial use. They must also credit the original work and have the same license.
6. Attribution Noncommercial Noderivs - This license does not allow you to make any changes to the work. It only permits that you download the original work for use, but credit the creator.
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