Open access publishing does not put up barriers to access as with traditional publishing. Because open access journals make articles freely available to everyone—including nonscientists—they allow publicly-funded research to generate knowledge that is truly public and accessible for educational use without financial, legal, or technical barriers.

Open Access Publishing

- Open Access Publishing (OAP)
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Open Source Software
- Open Data 

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A set of principles and subsequent practices that seek to provide information, specifically research, online to all audiences while mitigating any barriers to inequitable access. An open license for copyright is used to diminish penalty for reuse, redistribution, and copying of material.

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