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What role do Creative Commons licences play in OER?

Creative Commons licences are the ones most frequently used when open educational resources (OER) are produced. There are six licences, which range from very permissive, allowing copying and modification (CC BY), to those that are more restrictive, permitting distribution of a work in its original form, but no modification (CC BY-ND). Users need not request permission to use resources with a CC licence, but the terms of each licence must be met. For more information on CC licensing, go to the OER Africa tutorial on Finding Open Content.