Let's Start with a Conversation
More than 1,800 public and private higher education institutions, consortia, and regional systems have joined our community. Becoming part of the Open Education Network (OEN) starts with a conversation. Let’s talk about how we can make higher education more affordable, equitable, and accessible by working together.
Membership Benefits
Programmatic
Based on your local goals and context, select from proven strategies to grow open education practices at your own pace.
- Community support systems
- Impact tracking tools
- Faculty engagement strategies
- Leadership development
- Story amplification
Financial
Rather than working in isolation, save time, effort and costs by building on our community’s expansive knowledge.
- Staff capacity support
- Certificate pricing at cost
- Pressbooks discount (at their discretion)
Collective
As a member, support openly available resources and opportunities that contribute to the common good.
- Open Textbook Library
- Open Pedagogy Portal
- Professional development
- Openly licensed curricula
- Adaptable templates and toolkits
Community
Find connection with your colleagues at OEN Engage! annually. This week-long event helps you optimize your membership.
- Resources, tools, and training
- Programmatic next steps
- Connection and camaraderie
Membership Types
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Institutional
Individual institutions enjoy direct access to the community, along with tools and resources to build and sustain open education programs on your campus. If your institution is part of a library consortium, department of higher education, board of regents, or regional system that is an OEN member, then institutional membership is available at a significantly reduced rate.
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Consortial
As a library consortium, department of higher education, board of regents, or regional system, you’ll enjoy similar benefits to institutional members, and have the ability to select leaders to liaise with the OEN and share resources with your broader member community.
Annual Community Fee
Your membership is sustained by an annual Community Fee, effective July 1-June 30 of the membership year. Please note that the community has planned for 5% annual increases through 2025-26 in order to build a more sustainable organization.
Our current membership cycle is July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024. Membership type, correlating annual fee, and benefits are as follows:
| Institutional Members | Consortial Members | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost: 2023-2024 | $1,737/yr ($579/yr Reduced Rate*) | $4,052/yr | ||
| Cost: 2024-2025 | $1,823/yr ($608/yr Reduced Rate*) | $4,254/yr | ||
| OTL Reviews | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Data Dashboard | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Community of Practice | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Community Hub | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| OEN Engage! | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Publishing Cooperative | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| One Year Free Pressbooks Access** | ✓ | Up to 5 Projects | ||
| Pressbooks 30% Discount | ✓ |