User:Serowe/Open Educational Resources

By definition, they are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve and redistribute. OERs include:
 * Learning content: full courses, course materials, content modules, learning objects, collections, and journals.
 * Tools: Software to support the creation, delivery, use and improvement of open learning content including searching and organization of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities.
 * Implementation resources: Intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design-principles, and localization of content.

Please visit the link provided and read about some of the initiatives of OERs [ http://www.wikieducator.org/FLOSS4Edu ]