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The European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning (EFQUEL) has developed a guide for policy makers to explain open educational practice, and make recommendations for how this concept can be embraced by education systems. The publication draws on work carried out by the Open Educational Quality (OPAL) Initiative.

"La UNESCO sostiene que el acceso universal a la educación de gran calidad es esencial para la construcción de la paz, el desarrollo sostenible de la sociedad y la economía y el diálogo intercultural. Los recursos educativos de libre acceso proporcionan una oportunidad estratégica para mejorar la calidad de la educación y para facilitar el diálogo sobre políticas, el intercambio de conocimientos y el aumento de capacidades."

Guidelines for Open Educational Practices in Organizations

new online education tool called Oppia, currently an open source project with the goal of making it easy for anyone to create online interactive activities that others can learn from.

"Open Educational Resources (OER) provide a strategic opportunity to improve the quality of education as well as facilitate policy dialogue, knowledge sharing and capacity building.Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning or research materials..."

"This micro Open Online Course (mOOC) on open content licensing introduces the concepts of open education, copyright and Creative Commons as a contribution from the OER university collaboration and the UNESCO-COL OER Chair network in widening knowledge and capacity development in support of the global open education movement."

The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training.

"The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, international networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives through Open Education."

"Este curso promueve el conocimiento de los recursos educativos abiertos y su integración en el movimiento educativo abierto como una oportunidad para innovar en los procesos formativos."