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Rescooped by Peter Mellow from Learning with MOOCs
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MOOCs, Open Learning And Institutional Marketing: Moodle And UNESCO Join The Debate

MOOCs, Open Learning And Institutional Marketing: Moodle And UNESCO Join The Debate | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
How “Open” are MOOCs? Academics have expressed concerns about some of the access deterrents they include. Paywalls and copyright protection may stand at odds with ideas about open learn…
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Why the future lies in Open Educational Resources | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Why the future lies in Open Educational Resources | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it

Hosting the 2012 World Open Education Resources (OER) Congress at its headquarters from 20-22 June, UNESCO will lead the debate to accelerate the development of OERs worldwide, with the participation and support of global governments, educators, NGOs, and prominent universities such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

OERs are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. Anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share OERs, which include textbooks, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio and video.


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UNESCO launches Open Access Repository under Creative Commons - Creative Commons

UNESCO launches Open Access Repository under Creative Commons - Creative Commons | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.
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"UNESCO has announced a new Open Access Repositorymaking more than 300 digital reports, books and articles available to the world under the Creative Commons IGO licenses."

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