At the 2002 UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries, the word Open Educational Resources (OER) was developed to define a new worldwide practice of open exchange of educational resources. This initiative to create commonly accessible freely adaptable material recognized as OER has gained traction. A worldwide group of OER makers has subsequently appeared and organizations are integrating these funds into their methods of teaching and learning.
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