The problem

Supply | Demand

Building and clouds by MichaelGaida dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​

Unsatisfied demand for HE

Crowd by James Cridland licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic

BIG vision for a small charity

But what if ...

Institutions assembled only 2 courses from OER

Agreed to provide assessment services for formal credit?

Small and big by Jimmy Flink licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Alike 2.0 Generic

OERu concept

Open technology

Open windows by PrestPhoto dedicated to the Public Domain under Creative Commons CC0​

What can open do that closed can't?

MOOC platforms (Centralised)

Learning complex skills

Can you learn to ride a bike by reading a book?

Child learning to ride a bike by Rob Bertholf, CC-BY

OERu learning environment

Course web site

Distributed interaction tools

Live course feed

OERu's open source NGDLE