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Confusion may arise from the use of various terms such as Free Cultural Works (FCW), Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA).

This document, while not legally definitive in any way, attempts to describe the differences between the three terms and how works with different licenses fall under the different terms. It draws on existing definitions and attempts to explain the connections, but does not add any new definitions. The term “Open Education Resource” was first coined in 2002 at a forum organised by UNESCO on Open Courseware in Higher Education. Prior to this, various terms such as free content, open content and open courseware, were used to describe open content.

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