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In this chapter, we present an overview of the state of the art concerning the OER in Morocco, throughout some milestones that we consider to be the most significant. After putting into perspective the political and strategic aspects adopted to lead the Moroccan education system toward a more open pedagogy, we present the main achievements concerning infrastructures and aiming at the generalization of access to resources. We then present some key achievements both at school and university level.
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The authors would like to thank the European Commission for supporting the Erasmus + OpenMed project which was the start of structured actions in Open Education in Morocco since 2016. Special thanks are also given to UNIMED Italy, UNIR Spain and all OpenMed partners for their contribution and for sharing activities among the consortium. We are also very grateful to all colleagues at Moroccan universities, especially Professor Ahmed Al Makari, for supporting Open Education actions we were developing together in Morocco and for his support of the OER Morocco declaration.
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Zaatri, I., Margoum, S., Bendaoud, R., El Malti, I.L., Burgos, D., Berrada, K. (2020). Open Educational Resources in Morocco. In: Huang, R., Liu, D., Tlili, A., Gao, Y., Koper, R. (eds) Current State of Open Educational Resources in the “Belt and Road” Countries. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3040-1_7
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