CCCOER describes itself as a community of practice for open education, providing various resources, support, and opportunities for collaboration for learning, planning, and implementing successful open educational programs at community colleges and technical colleges.

This support includes webinars, online advocacy events and conferences, a community email list, community blog, workshops and presentations throughout North America, as well as generally raising awareness of open education and supporting the needs of students and faculty at colleges adopting open educational resources and full degree pathways.

CCCOER was established in 2007 at the Foothill–De Anza Community College District by then Chancellor Dr. Martha Kanter.

[1] This project involved a train-the-trainer network of community college faculty and administrators, a catalog of over 750 open textbooks, and research on open educational resources (OER) impact on students and faculty at community colleges.

[4] CCCOER includes membership of institutions and organizations that support openness, equity, and access in education.