The U.S. Department of Education has selected a nonprofit organization to help the agency share ideas and best practices with states and districts around the country that are trying to ramp up their use of “open” educational resources. The U.S....

A new report proposes a framework by which open educational resource initiatives — and particularly those promulgated by for-profit organizations — can be measured. A new report proposes a framework by which open educational resource initiatives — and particularly...

Interest in open educational resources -- freely accessible and openly licensed learning materials -- is booming. Interest in open educational resources -- freely accessible and openly licensed learning materials -- is booming. But while OER’s growing...