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Art
Art and Contemporary Critical Practice: Reinventing Institutional Critique (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Art History (CC-BY-SA)
Art History by Boundless.com (CC-BY-SA)
Digital Foundations: Introduction to Media Design with the Adobe Creative Suite (CC-BY-NC)
History of New Media (CC-BY-SA)
Internet for Art and Design (CC-BY-NC)
Internet for Performing Arts (CC-BY-NC)
Open Content Photography Program (CC-BY-SA)
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy (CC-BY-NC)*
Smart History (CC-BY-NC-SA)* (Nominated for the 2010 "Texty" Award)
Visual Communication Design (CC-NC-BY-SA)

 

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License Attributes: BY=Open w/ Attribution. CC=Creative Commons license.  GFDL=GNU Free Documentation License. GGPL=GNU General Public License.  NC=Non-Commercial. ND=No Derivative Works. PD=Public Domain. SA=Share Alike.