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Globally, there is a need for OERs in several hundred subjects. Each country needs about 100 for 12 grades, usually divided into semesters, with five subjects taught at a time. Local content is needed for topics such as health, history, geography, literature, civics, and agriculture in more than 190 countries, some of which can share large portions. Materials for learning to speak, read, and write numerous languages are needed.
 
Globally, there is a need for OERs in several hundred subjects. Each country needs about 100 for 12 grades, usually divided into semesters, with five subjects taught at a time. Local content is needed for topics such as health, history, geography, literature, civics, and agriculture in more than 190 countries, some of which can share large portions. Materials for learning to speak, read, and write numerous languages are needed.
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A rather different concept is [http://oaspa.org/guest-blog-janneke-adema/ Open Access Books], where a version of content is available at no cost, and another with additional services is available for a fee. In general, OAB products do not permit modification and republishing, although the choice of license is a hot topic for discussion. This is viewed in the publishing industry as a logical step forward from Open Access publishing of research journals, and is aimed at book-form research publications.
    
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===Sources and Directories===
 
===Sources and Directories===
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In no particular order. Please add more if you find them. How do these  
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In no particular order, except that Bangladesh gets pride of place. Please add more if you find them. How do these  
 
facilities compare with one another?  
 
facilities compare with one another?  
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* [http://smart.study/blog/1000-open-textbooks-and-learning-resources-for-all-subjects/ 1,000+ Open Textbooks and Learning Resources for All Subjects]
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* [http://www.infokosh.bangladesh.gov.bd/ Bangladesh National e-Content Repository] in Bangla. Story: [http://www.priyo.com/tech/2011/02/28/pm-opens-e-content-repository-20905.html PM opens e-content repository]. 30,000 teachers, 148 government organisations and 50 local and foreign non-government organisations. 50,000 pages, planned to increase to 5,000,000.
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* [http://www.ebook.gov.bd/ e-Book ::. ই-বুক জগতে স্বাগতম] in Bangla. Story: [http://news.priyo.com/video/2011/04/24/pm-opens-online-version-textbo-24346.html PM opens online version of textbooks] Access to Information (A2I) Project of the PM’s Office and the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) jointly transformed 33 primary level and 73 secondary level textbooks into e-books in collaboration with the UNDP.
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* [http://www.nctb.gov.bd/downloadpage22.php National Curriculum & Textbook Board, Bangladesh] now with a set of downloadable materials for all grade levels and a variety of subjects in both Bangla and English.
    
* [http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Browse Curriki] free and open K-12 resources
 
* [http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Browse Curriki] free and open K-12 resources
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* The [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/projects/free-high-school-science-texts/ Shuttleworth Foundation's Free high school science texts]
 
* The [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/projects/free-high-school-science-texts/ Shuttleworth Foundation's Free high school science texts]
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* [http://cnx.org/lenses/siyavula Connexions] free and open K-9 textbooks from the Shuttleworth Foundation's Siyavula project.
    
* [http://collegeopentextbooks.org/ College Open Textbooks]
 
* [http://collegeopentextbooks.org/ College Open Textbooks]
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* [http://www.opentapestry.com/ Open Tapestry] 110,000 listings. Replaces OER Recommender.
 
* [http://www.opentapestry.com/ Open Tapestry] 110,000 listings. Replaces OER Recommender.
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* [http://www.infokosh.bangladesh.gov.bd/ Bangladesh National e-Content Repository] in Bangla. Story: [http://www.priyo.com/tech/2011/02/28/pm-opens-e-content-repository-20905.html PM opens e-content repository]. 30,000 teachers, 148 government organisations and 50 local and foreign non-government organisations. 50,000 pages, planned to increase to 5,000,000.
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* [http://www.ebook.gov.bd/ e-Book ::. ই-বুক জগতে স্বাগতম] in Bangla. Story: [http://www.priyo.com/tech/2011/04/24/pm-opens-online-version-textbo-24355.html PM opens online version of textbooks] Access to Information (A2I) Project of the PM’s Office and the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) jointly transformed 33 primary level and 73 secondary level textbooks into e-books in collaboration with the UNDP.
      
* [http://www.floridastandards.org/resources/ResourceHomepage.aspx Florida Standards - resources] - collection of links to reviewed OERs - some are commercially created, some are open
 
* [http://www.floridastandards.org/resources/ResourceHomepage.aspx Florida Standards - resources] - collection of links to reviewed OERs - some are commercially created, some are open
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* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jgEQ2GydgaExXNLPOYZn8WMJaFZoFp3CpTonMIrHO64/edit?pli=1 First-year Spanish resources, college level]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jgEQ2GydgaExXNLPOYZn8WMJaFZoFp3CpTonMIrHO64/edit?pli=1 First-year Spanish resources, college level]
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* [http://www.oerafrica.org/ OER Africa] Includes links to [http://www.oerafrica.org/OERRepositoriesSearch/tabid/297/Default.aspx other sources of OERs].
    
===Commercial Publishers of OERs===
 
===Commercial Publishers of OERs===

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