Paul Stacey of Open Education Global visits City Farmer Garden for Earth Day

Paul Stacey is a global education leader with over 40 years experience in education.

From the Open Education Website

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Open Education Global is a member-based, global, non-profit supporting the development and use of open education around the world to:

expand access to education enabling every person on earth to access and contribute
improve the quality of education
make education more affordable
improve student success
foster collaboration and sharing through co-creation of education materials and the freedom to use, customize, improve and redistribute them
generate pedagogical innovation using the collaborative, interactive culture of the Internet
foster international partnerships and a global participatory culture of learning, creating, sharing and cooperation

OE Global member interests and needs are broad and diverse. Open education has a long history, particularly around providing education opportunities to those who may not typically have access. OE Global continues and builds on that tradition with a focus on new forms of open education enabled by digital technology, the Internet, and cultures of sharing.

Current areas of focus for OE Global and its members include:

Open Educational Resources (OER)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
Open Access (OA)
Open Data
Open Science
Open Education Technology
Open Practices

See more here.