Open Educational Resources - International Programs

International Programs

• Europe - Learning Resource Exchange for schools (LRE) is a service launched by European Schoolnet in 2004 enabling educators to find multilingual open educational resources from many different countries and providers. Currently, more than 200,000 learning resources are searchable in one portal based on language, subject, resource type and age range.
• India -National Council Of Educational Research and Training digitized all its textbooks from 1st standard to 12th standard .The textbooks are available online for free .
• US - Washington State's Open Course Library Project is a collection of expertly developed educational materials – including textbooks, syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments – for 81 high-enrolling college courses. 42 courses have been completed so far, providing faculty with a high-quality option that will cost students no more than $30 per course.
• Bangladesh is the first country to digitize a complete set of textbooks for grades 1-12. Distribution is free to all.
• Uruguay sought up to 1,000 digital learning resources in a Request For Proposals (RFP) in June 2011.
• South Korea has announced a plan to digitize all of its textbooks and to provide all students with computers and digitized textbooks.
• The California Learning Resources Network Free Digital Textbook Initiative at high school level, initiated by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• The Shuttleworth Foundation's Free high school science texts for South Africa
• Saudi Arabia had a comprehesive project in 2008 to digitize and improve the Math and Science text books in all k-12 grades.
• Saudi Arabia start a project in 2011 to digitize all text books other than Math and Science.