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Open Education Association

A national association dedicated to advancing open education

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Open Education Association

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Newly founded in 2025 and firmly rooted in the decades-strong open education community, the Open Education Association is a national organization dedicated to strengthening and expanding the open education field across the United States.

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Mapping the Field

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  • Open Education National Needs Assessment Survey
  • Targeted individuals engaged or interested in U.S. open education work, with a focus on those in higher education
  • Conducted in spring 2025 with input from 1,327 community members across all 50 states
  • Nine key areas were identified

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Key Areas

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  • Finding OER, particularly making it easier to find repositories
  • Responding to change, particularly providing strategic guidance on how to navigate funding cuts, political restrictions, and artificial intelligence
  • Finding funding for open education work, particularly at the institutional, system, and state level
  • Accessing tools and resources to support open education work, especially curated lists and how-to guides

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What’s Next?

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  • Focusing the work of the association on the needs of the field
  • Understand the unique context of the work of each region and state
  • Find areas to connect, uplift and amplify
  • Continuing the conversation!

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From Local Practice to Collective Futures in Open Education

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