University World News - GLOBAL: New guidelines for open educational resources

"Open educational resources (OER) have the potential to increase access to education while cutting costs and improving quality. They are, therefore, an important element of the Commonwealth of Learning's mission of 'Learning for Development'. International guidelines for OER in higher education have been drafted, and comments are being invited....The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) would like to see all countries make educationally useful material that has been developed with public funds freely available for use and adaptation under open licences...."