Open educational resources (OER) are
materials used to support education that may
be freely accessed, reused, modified, and
shared. These Guidelines outline key issues
and make suggestions for integrating OER
into higher education. Their purpose is to
encourage decision makers in governments
and institutions to invest in the systematic
production, adaptation and use of OER and
to bring them into the mainstream of higher
education in order to improve the quality of
curricula and teaching and to reduce costs.