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                                  Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources

                                  COL and UNESCO published a Basic Guide to OER (2011).  This Guide comprises three sections. The first – a summary of the key issues – is presented in the form of a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’. Its purpose is to provide readers with a quick and user-friendly introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) and some of the key issues to think about when exploring how to use OER most effectively.

                                  The second section is a more comprehensive analysis of these issues, presented in the form of a traditional research paper. For those who have a deeper interest in OER, this section will assist with making the case for OER more substantively.

                                  The third section is a set of appendices, containing more detailed information about specific areas of relevance to OER. These are aimed at people who are looking for substantive information regarding a specific area of interest.

                                  Prepared by Neil Butcher
                                  for the Commonwealth of Learning & UNESCO
                                  Edited by Asha Kanwar (COL) and Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić (UNESCO)

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