Mass PIRG (UMass Dartmouth - MASSPIRG Students)
- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group is a student-run organization with a chapter at UMass Dartmouth. They seek solutions for real problems faced by students and the public. They run an affordable textbook campaign.
College Open Textbooks (http://collegeopentextbooks.org/)
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A collection of colleges, governmental agencies, education non-profits, and other education-related organizations that are focused on the mission of driving the awareness and advocacy for open textbooks.
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Provides training for instructors seeking to utilize open educational resources.
Make Textbooks Affordable (http://Maketextbooksaffordable.org)
- Aims to develop a textbook market with both a vibrant used book market and a plethora of learning content that is priced and sold fairly.
- Provides latest news, studies and solutions on cost of college textbooks; advocacy opportunities for professors and students.
Cape Town Open Education Declaration (http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration)
- A statement of principle, a statement of strategy and a statement of commitment
- To spark dialogue, to inspire action and to help the open education movement grow
- To develop further strategies, especially around open technology and teaching practices
Open Education Community (https://creativecommons.org/tag/open-education-community/)
- Gateway to information about the open education movement and Open Educational Resources
- Intended for anyone interested in open education, the site provides links to resources, organizations, events, people, and more
OER Support from SPARC (Open Education - SPARC (sparcopen.org)
- SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to correct imbalances in the scholarly publishing system.
- This page highlights SPARC's work in supporting OER work.
Open Knowledge Foundation (http://www.okfn.org/)
- Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age.
- Working on open knowledge projects, such as http://www.openeconomics.net/.
- Providing infrastructure, and potentially a home, for open knowledge projects, communities and resources.
- Acting at UK, European and international levels on open knowledge issues.
- Running open knowledge events.
