%0	Journal Article
%A	Lowman, Amy
%C	North America
%D	2009
%G	eng
%J	Open and Libraries Class Journal
%K	OpenCourseWare
%K	self-learners resources
%K	OER history
%K	dissemination
%T	OpenCourseWare and the self-learner
%U	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13710
%V	1
%X	OpenCourseWare is identified as a learning tool for self-learners around the world. Although thousands of courses are freely available, only a small percentage (by world population standards) are aware of these banks of knowledge. As Librarians strive to disseminate knowledge to their community, to be aware and knowledgeable of this division of the Open Educational Movement is beneficial to the movement's sustainability.