The CC licenses provide a simple standardized way for creators' works to be shared with others on flexible terms without infringing copyright. The licenses allow users to reuse, remix and share the content legally.
Open Educational Resources are subject to Creative Commons Licensing. Creative Commons Licensing offers six following types of license:
Attribution (BY): Allow to copy, adapt, modify, share the work as long as the original creators are credited for any purposes.
Attribution (BY)-Share Alike (SA): All rights as Attribution (BY) license and new creations have to be licensed under same terms as the original work.
Attribution (BY) - Non-commercial (NC): Allow to copy, adapt, modify, share the work for non-commercial purposes only.
Attribution (BY) - Non-commercial (NC) - Share Alike (SA): All rights as Attribution (BY)-Share Alike (SA) license but for non-commercial purposes only.
See more in detail at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Notice: Not all OERs use the same licensing restriction. It is important to check the permissions of the OER before using them to ensure compliance with the terms.