Resources
The Open Education Network community creates and shares resources that everyone can use:
Adaptable OER Publishing Agreement
The Adaptable OER Publishing Agreement is a starting point for higher education institutions that want to contract with their faculty to create OER.
Authoring Guide
The Authoring Guide for making open textbooks includes a checklist for getting started, case studies, and an overview of useful tools.
Editing Guide
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know is a five-step guide for those of you who want to adapt an existing open textbook.
Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop Slide Deck
This adaptable slide deck is the foundation for the one-hour Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop that effectively supports faculty authors and reduces workload for librarians.
OER Publishing Program Toolkit
The Publishing Program Toolkit is a collection of adaptable templates to manage a creation program.
OER Publishing Project Toolkit
The Publishing Project Toolkit is a collection of adaptable templates to support an open textbook project.
Pub101 Curriculum
Pub101 is an orientation to open textbook publishing for those of you who support faculty authors. The curriculum includes adaptable templates and resources.
As a team of one, I so appreciated the chance to learn from others doing this work!
Pub101 Participant, 2025
Thank you. This class has been so helpful. I am just beginning to work with a faculty author on a first publishing project.
Pub101 Participant, 2024
Paper by Abraham Barrera; Binoculars by Lakshisha; Slideshow by IconSrc; Tools by i cons; Speak by Romain Potier; and Quotation Mark by zahrotul fuadah from Noun Project are licensed CC BY 3.0.
Advancing Your Goals
When you join the Open Education Network, you join a community that is advancing open textbook publishing in higher education. We offer community, professional development, and publishing infrastructure to help you move ahead with your publishing goals.
Community
Publishing open textbooks can be complex and isolating, especially when you’re the only one doing the work. You don’t have to figure it out alone! The Open Education Network offers a community of helpful people dedicated to supporting your publishing goals, including the Publishing Cooperative Advisory Group and the Pub101 Committee. Together our community supports one another in navigating open textbook publishing.
Tea Time is a monthly get-together for you to chat about publishing with colleagues who have faced similar challenges. Join us for a hosted conversation around a relevant topic, with time for your questions and stories during "tea and sympathy". The series is organized by our Publishing Advisory Group.
Join us for collegial connections and pragmatic recommendations so you can build an open textbook publishing program that fits your context and meets your students’ needs.
"I'm grateful for the welcoming, supportive OEN connections. OEN's community and resources have empowered me to contribute to open education, and OEN lets even smaller institutions like mine learn how to publish. We literally couldn't do it without OEN!"
Anne Marie Gruber
Liaison & Textbook Equity Librarian
University of Northern Iowa
“Tea Time is such a great way to learn about new things and meet people who share my passion for open publishing. I always have a blast bouncing ideas around with everyone!”
Amanda Larson
Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant
The Ohio State University
You don't have to do it alone. Start building your open publishing program today!
Professional Development
Pub101
Pub101 is an informal, synchronous orientation to open textbook publishing based on our openly available curriculum. You’ll gain a helpful overview of what’s involved in publishing open textbooks at the project and program level, all the while learning from thoughtful facilitators who are focused on your needs.
Pub101 curriculum is maintained and revised by the Pub101 Committee, a group of experienced library publishers and former Pub101 participants from across the network. It provides a solid foundation from which to build your open textbook publishing vision and operation.
Pub101 curriculum is maintained and revised by the Pub101 Committee, a group of experienced library publishers and former Pub101 participants from across the network. It provides a solid foundation from which to build your open textbook publishing vision and operation.
Workshops
Our Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop invites faculty authors to write an open textbook by keeping the process as simple and straightforward as possible. Uses the "building the case" methodology that's proven effective. Learn more about our current workshops.
Infrastructure
As a member of the Open Education Network, you are invited to evaluate platforms and tools for your local publishing context. However, tools can only do so much! We also offer programmatic and community support.
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Ketty
A pilot group is working with Ketty, a web-based book production platform, and the Open Textbook Planner, a new tool for planning and structuring open textbooks. The pilot group will share their feedback with the Ketty development team to inform future iterations of the tools. -
Manifold
As a member, you can use the OEN’s Manifold, a web publishing workflow, for open educational practices and publications. We welcome you to join our friendly and active community of practice. Browse our community Collection. -
Pressbooks
Pressbooks offers institutional members a complimentary one-year subscription to the Collaboration plan ($400 value). Pressbooks also offers institutional members 30% off single-institution Pressbooks enterprise networks. For more information about this discount, go to Pressbooks. -
Scribe
Scribe is a professional publishing service organization that provides a range of editing, design, and production services. They are experienced professionals who can help you get your open textbook published.
Upcoming Events
Resources
The Open Education Network community creates and shares resources that everyone can use:
Adaptable OER Publishing Agreement
The Adaptable OER Publishing Agreement is a starting point for higher education institutions that want to contract with their faculty to create OER.
Authoring Guide
The Authoring Guide for making open textbooks includes a checklist for getting started, case studies, and an overview of useful tools.
Editing Guide
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know is a five-step guide for those of you who want to adapt an existing open textbook.
Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop Slide Deck
This adaptable slide deck is the foundation for the one-hour Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop that effectively supports faculty authors and reduces workload for librarians.
OER Publishing Program Toolkit
The Publishing Program Toolkit is a collection of adaptable templates to manage a creation program.
OER Publishing Project Toolkit
The Publishing Project Toolkit is a collection of adaptable templates to support an open textbook project.
Pub101 Curriculum
Pub101 is an orientation to open textbook publishing for those of you who support faculty authors. The curriculum includes adaptable templates and resources.
As a team of one, I so appreciated the chance to learn from others doing this work!
Pub101 Participant, 2025
Thank you. This class has been so helpful. I am just beginning to work with a faculty author on a first publishing project.
Pub101 Participant, 2024
Paper by Abraham Barrera; Binoculars by Lakshisha; Slideshow by IconSrc; Tools by i cons; Speak by Romain Potier; and Quotation Mark by zahrotul fuadah from Noun Project are licensed CC BY 3.0.