Role and importance of institutional OER policy
| Published | January 2016 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-8 |
| Publisher | OUT Policy Workshop |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
This presentation was given by Tony Mays at the Open University of Tanzania in 2016.| Keywords | government policy · OER policy · policy framework |
| Rights | CC BY |
| URL | https://oerafrica.org/resource/role-and-importance-institutional-oer-policy |
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