OER Knowledge CloudJournal Article2009Lowman, AmyOpenCourseWareself-learners resourcesOER historydisseminationengOpen and Libraries Class Journal12OpenCourseWare 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.http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13710http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13710North America