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 instance, medical photos and multimedia. Below are a few of the more significant OER repositories (with many more described in Appendices Five and Six):
 * 1) * OpenLearn: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk.
 * 2) * MedEd PORTAL: http://services.aamc.org/30/mededportal (medical focus).
 * 3) * MIT OCW: http://ocw.mit.edu.
 * 4) * China Open Resources for Education (CORE): www.core.org.cn/en.
 * 5) * AgEcon Search: http://ageconsearch.umn.edu (agricultural focus).
 * 6) * Teacher Education in sub-Saharan Africa: www.tessafrica.net (teacher education focus).
 * 7) Use OER directory sites: There are many sites that have a search facility whose results point to places elsewhere on the Internet where resources match search criteria. They themselves do not act as a repository, but have identified quality resources and store them in a database of web links. Their databases usually have a particular focus. In the case of OER Africa, for example, they highlight quality resources developed in and about Africa. Here are just a few (with many more provided in Appendices Five and Six):
 * 8) * OER Commons: www.oercommons.org.
 * 9) * Commonwealth of Learning: www.col.org/OER.
 * 10) * OER Africa: www.oerafrica.org.

Once a resource has been developed and an open licence has been selected (see Appendix One for information on the various options), the resource will need to be stored in an online repository in order for others to access it.

There are various options with regard to where these resources might reside:
 * 1) Use the institutional repository: Many organizations, and especially universities, are setting up their own collections and making them available online as OER or OCW. If the writer or developer works for such an institution, the expectation will be that OER developed under the auspices of that institution should reside within their repository. Seek guidance from the repository administrator.
 * 2) Select an open repository: Various repositories welcome contributions from multiple locations. JORUM (www.jorum.ac.uk/share), for example, welcomes submissions that support the British curriculum at further and higher education levels. OER Commons has a facility ([www.oercommons.org/contribute]) to allow users to contribute materials. Generally, open repositories require the person submitting the resource to register and log in before