Guidelines on the development of open educational resources policies
Published | October 2019 |
Type of work | Guidelines |
Periodical | Pages 1-118 |
Publisher | UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning |
Editors | Miao, Fengchun and Mishra, Sanjaya |
Country | France, Canada |
ABSTRACT
The publication provides guidelines and a systematic approach to develop and implement open educational resources policies in different contexts to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals 4. Using a six-stage approach, the guidelines provide several templates and questions along with theoretical underpinnings and practical examples to help government officials and experts develop policies that are grounded on the needs of the stakeholders.Keywords | open educational resources · OER · policies · OER development · guideline |
Language | English |
ISSN | 978-1-894975-97-1 |
Rights | CC BY |
URL | http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/3455 |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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