OERu/Getting started with OERu/The OERu concept

The OERu aims to create a sustainable innovation partnership between accredited educational institutions which will provide free learning opportunities with pathways to gain academic credit from formal education institutions around the world. The OERu offers courses and programmes based entirely on open education resources and open textbooks at no-cost to the learners. Assessment for credit is provided by OERu partner institutions on a fee-for-service basis.

The OERu is based on the community service and outreach missions of tertiary education providers to develop parallel delivery systems (now possible with the open web and free content licensing of learning materials) that will augment existing educational provision. The figure below provides an overview of the OERu concept depicting a stairway to success for OER learners.



The OERu is an open network and public-private partnership (PPP) including post-secondary institutions, the private sector, non-profits, government and international agencies. This OER ecosystem aims to serve both formal and informal learners by creating more flexible and affordable pathways to meet diverse student needs.