OU Open Content Initiative

The Open University revolutionised assumptions about who could learn, and how they could learn.
Now they’re doing it again. The Open Content Initiative (OCI) will make educational resources freely available on the Internet, with state of the art learning support and collaboration tools to connect students and educators. The Open University is grateful to the Hewlett Foundation for their generous contribution to the OCI, as part of their Open Content programme promoting initiatives to release and reuse high-quality open educational resources.
"The philosophy of open access and sharing knowledge is a wonderful fit with the founding principles of The Open University and with the University's very strong commitment to opening up educational access and widening participation. The University will be developing forms of open content e-learning which will reach less experienced learners and, we hope, encourage an appetite for further learning. The Open University will be the first in the UK to offer Open Content materials under a Creative Commons licence. We are deeply grateful to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for its generous support."
Professor Brenda GourleyVice-Chancellor of The Open University.
The Open Content Initiative website is at http://oci.open.ac.uk/ .We'll keep you informed of developments. Meanwhile try the Hewlett Foundation Open Content programme for other materials.