Open educational practices (OEP) is an umbrella term that encompasses the creation, use, and reuse of open educational resources (OER), pedagogical practices that promote peer learning, collaborative knowledge creation, sharing, and empowerment of learners, and systemic and structural initiatives to support and embed openness. The underlying values of OEP align with those of open education more broadly, including enabling educational access, ensuring inclusivity, and promoting equity. Examples of OEP include using OER, collaborative annotation, Wikipedia editing, open courses, and engaging in open learning/teaching communities. Some people use the terms 'OEP' and 'open pedagogy' interchangeably, while others consider OEP to be a broader concept that includes open pedagogy as a primary focus. OEP can be implemented at various levels, including individual artifacts, modules, or programs, as well as systemically across institutional structures. Recent research emphasizes the importance of critical and social justice approaches in OEP, acknowledging the significance of context and power relations and promoting diverse, inclusive, and equitable practices. Openness has a long history as a core value in higher education, and the term 'open educational practices' was first used in 2007 to describe practices that incorporate openness in teaching and learning.