White Papers
The following white papers will provide you with more information on Open Education Resources, some of the initiatives to improve education in emerging nations, and issues facing educators worldwide. We invite you to use them as a starting point for dialogue with your colleagues, your community, and AcrossWorld to achieve your goals.
All white papers are in PDF format. 
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Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), 2007
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Our Cultural Commonwealth
American Council of Learned Societies, Commission on Cyberinfrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006
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Measuring Skills for the 21st Century
Elena Silva, Education Sector, November 2008
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Measuring Knowledge in the World's Economies
World Bank Institute, Knowledge for Development Program, 2008
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Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) Phase II: Preliminary Project Report
Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, July 2008