The OER Knowledge Cloud: New Issues For OERs

New issues for OERs

Published	18 January 2019
Type of work	Blog
Periodical	Volume 2019, Section Half an hour
Country	Canada, North America

ABSTRACT

This is based on my contribution to the new Creative Commons 'Education Platform' discussion of issues related to open educational resources (OERs). This is the next step following the development of a set of principles for the Platform.

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URL	https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-issues-for-oers.html
Access date	27 January 2019
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