Paper on Open Education Resources
| Published | 2006 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-3 |
| Publisher | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
ABSTRACT
A brief history of OER, followed by a discussion of the current state of OER trends as well as information on OER development and use.| Keywords | Creative Commons · OER projects · OER history |
| Language | eng |
| URL | http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/26/36224377.pdf |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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