Online Educational Content is any kind of content designed to teach a person or group of people something. However, it is different from openly licenced educational content, in that the former has a number of restrictions placed upon it, potentially including, but not limited to, limits on the number of people you can share it with at once, copyright limitations, or requirements for permission from the author. Openly licenced educational content comes in many forms, but creative commons licencing is the most frequent.
One such example of this kind of content is an informational site about Japanese Religion, which has the minor restriction that anyone sharing or modifying the material has to share the source they got it from.
The information contained within presumably meets the education requirements of the class, and while it is rather simplistic, the information provided is fairly accurate. Likewise, there are no spelling or grammar errors, however the information does not cite sources, and there are no indications that it has been reviewed by other sources. While a few of the sidebar links encourage further learning, most of the material is geared for passive learning, with basic facts being memorized. The goal behind this resource seems to be fulfilling the education criteria, rather than educating the students about the religion and culture of Japan. Thankfully, the resource allows for modifications to make it more useful, however the base material is so simplistic, even for the high school level it is purportedly aimed at, that it would be better to find a different starting point.
The process of reviewing the material to the standars of the BCOER was interesting. While I initally thought the material was good enough, a deeper look at it began to reveal inadiquacies.
I would most likely stick to physical books, or online technical manuals for my own education, but OER can provide a decent starting point to educate others.