http://swrc.ontoware.org/ontology#Misc Professional development programme on OER-based elearning en Concept and practices of open education Designing learning experiences Searching and evaluate OER materials Licensing and copyright Integrating OER in elearning Mohandas Balakrishna Menon Som Naidu Sanjaya Mishra Phalachandra Bhandigadi Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Wawasan Open University eLearning Open educational resources have emerged as one of the most innovative teaching and learning tools as well as cost-effective mechanism to improve the quality of educational offerings by optimising the use of available resources. While OER can be used by any student to learn on his/her own, universities (especially Open Universities) that depend on printed distance learning materials can now use the OERs to offer their courses and programmes and thereby reduce the development time of courses and programmes, and also reduce the cost of launching and new programmes. However, not many institutions are in a position to actually develop OERs that can be used effectively for teaching and learning in the digital environment. 978-81-88770-22-9 Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) Electronic Wawasan Open University