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Open Educational Resources are published under open copyright licenses that empower teachers and learners to engage in the following activities:
Retain: the right to make, own, and control copies of the content.
Reuse: the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video).
Revise: the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language).
Remix: the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new.
Redistribute: the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others.
Attribution: Florida State University Libraries Open Educational Resources Guide / CC-BY