This panel will explore the Course Marking Implementation Guidelines that were developed by the Statewide OER Advisory Council for public higher education. The panel will be led by Dr. Robert Awkward who is the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Mass. Department of Higher Education and OER Statewide Coordinator. The panel includes faculty, staff, and administrators that will talk about their experience with course marking at their colleges. The Course Flagging Guidelines are important guidelines that help colleges and universities to flag OER courses in the state of Massachusetts. In this session, the panel will review the guidelines, look at the faculty perspective (why should they use OER in their classes), look at how colleges have implemented OER programs, and give advice on how to develop an OER plan. The panel will have a question and answer session at the end of the session. .