European Union: Erasmus: Opening Up Education
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Policy Title: European Union: Erasmus: Opening Up Education -
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Author(s): EU
Description: The Commission will:
• Ensure that all educational materials supported by Erasmus+ are available to the public
under open licenses and promote similar practices under EU programmes;
• Use the new programmes Erasmus+ and Horizon 2020 to encourage partnerships between
creators of educational content (e.g. teachers, publishers, ICT companies), to increase the
supply of quality OER and other digital educational materials in different languages, to
develop new business models and to develop technical solutions which provide
transparent information on copyrights and open licenses to users of digital educational
resources;
Launch with this Communication the Open Education Europa portal linking it to existing
OER repositories in different languages and bringing learners, teachers and researchers
together, so to improve the attractiveness and visibility of quality OERs produced in the
EU.
Member States and education institutions should:
• Stimulate open access policies for publicly-funded educational materials;
• Encourage formal education and training institutions to include digital content, including
OERs, among the recommended educational materials for learners at all educational levels
and encourage the production, including through public procurement, of high-quality
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