Giving Knowledge for Free : The Emergence of Open Educational Resources (Pdf, 153 pages) is a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)‘s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation which details the state of open access education.
This is definitely worth looking over if you are involved with higher education, because you are likely going to be working with open tools and methods, in some form, within the next few years.
from Open Access News