Letter to President Obama Calling for OER Policy Commitment
| Published | August 2015 |
| Type of work | Letter |
| Country | United States, North America |
| Keywords | adoption · Barack Obama · OER · open government · policy · White House |
| Language | en |
| URL | http://www.oerusa.org/ |
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