Using Creative Commons-licensed materials
Creative Commons (CC) licences have legal backing and grant permission for users to share, build on, or customise works with minimal restriction (such as acknowledging the original), at no cost.
CC-licensed materials are great for use is open courses (such as short courses and MOOCs) as well as in teaching materials, OER and so on. Note that there is a minimum requirement for attribution when reusing CC materials.
Looking for CC-licensed materials for you and/or your students to use? Check out the page on Open-licensed and free resources.
To learn more about open materials, including what the licence elements mean, visit our page on Open licensing.
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