Assistant Secretary of State remarks on the importance of OER
Forward, Mary Lou

PublishedOctober 2014
PeriodicalVolume 2014, Pages blog
PublisherOpen Education Consortium: The global network for Open Education
CountryUnited States, North America

ABSTRACT
Governments are increasingly paying attention to the potential of OER to leverage improvements in reach, effectiveness and equality of education. Evan Ryan, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, recently posted on the importance of these resources on the Department of State’s blog.

Keywords OER · U.S. Open Government National Action Plan · United Nations

Other numberOctober 16, 2014
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URLhttp://www.oeconsortium.org/assistant-secretary-of-state-remarks-on-the-importance-of-oer/
Access dateOctober 16, 2014
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