Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:Open Educational Resources are freely available for teachers and students to use, adopt, share and reuse.

Statement II:Open Educational Resources can be used at any time and any place.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true

Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Explanation

Both statements are true: OER are freely available to use, adapt, share and reuse, and can be used anytime and anyplace.

Statement 1 captures the four Rs of openness: reuse, revise, remix, redistribute.

Open licensing, often Creative Commons, makes this free access legal.

Statement 2 reflects their digital, online nature, removing time and place limits.

Open Educational Resources include textbooks, lecture notes, videos and full courses.

The term Open Educational Resources was coined at a UNESCO forum in 2002.

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