Session description: Please state in 250 words or less what you plan to cover during your session and how you will incorporate attendee participation. i.e. real time polls, Twitter feeds, small group discussions, etc. Interactive sessions are strongly encouraged. Include who should attend and what level (beginner, intermediate or advanced) the presentation is geared toward. The regional educational compacts are trusted entities in the higher education, government and business sectors, and these constituents often rely on them to advise on best practices and policy making. The compacts have longstanding, established relationships with these entities, which makes it easier for them to communicate and demonstrate the value of innovation and practices that are happening on the ground. The compacts, and more specifically, NCOER, see its role in this space as one that takes advantage of these established relationships to work with and for its states to support them in their own efforts to bring Open Education to their individual institutions. This panel presentation will directly address how each of the four compact’s regions has slightly different strategies and approaches to advancing the awareness and use of open educational resources (OER) and practices. As mentioned in the session abstract, panelists from NCOER will share insights and strategies for elevating the use of OER to help address various institutional challenges, while also addressing questions, challenges, and opportunities solicited ahead of time from each compact’s constituents. Participants can expect to walk away with a better understanding of the national Open Education landscape and how the regional compacts are working together to identify and address existing gaps and future opportunities to remove barriers to student success. While a handful of questions will be solicited from constituents ahead of the live panel, the panelists will also utilize Padlet or another similar technology that will enable attendees to interact and ask questions.