Background and action paper on OER: A background and action paper for staff of bilateral and multilateral organizations at the strategic institutional education sector level
| Published | May 2011 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-78 |
| Publisher | The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation |
| Keywords | Africa · Commonwealth of Learning · higher education · K-12 · Khan Foundation · OER definition · Open University · OpenCourseWare · policy · web 2.0 · wiki |
| Language | en |
| Rights | by/3.0 |
| URL | http://oerbackgroundpaperdraft.pbworks.com/w/page/37756032/FrontPage |
| Other information | Background and Action Paper on OER |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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