Adult education and open educational resources
Szalma, Eva · Creelman, Alistair · Bacsich, Paul · Pepler, Giles · Bristow, Sara Frank · Ossiannilsson, Ebba · Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union [corporate] · Sero Consulting Ltd [corporate]
| Published | September 2015 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-142 |
| Publisher | European Parliament: Think Tank, Directorate-General for Internal Policies: Policy Department: Structural and Cohesion Policies |
ABSTRACT
This study reviews the current use of Open Educational Resources in Adult Education, assesses its potential and makes recommendations for policy interventions, taking account of the European Commission’s policy frameworks. It incorporates new research on over 12 Member States, leveraging on a synthesis of existing research from a range of projects including POERUP (Policies for OER Uptake) and a 2014-15 study on Shared OER for the Joint Research Centre, augmented by two more recent studies for JRC and LLP.| Keywords | accreditation · barriers to flexible learning · informal learning · OER business model · OER governmental policy · OER research questions · quality |
| Published at | Brussels |
| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-823-8048-2 |
| Rights | © European Union, 2015. |
| DOI | 10.2861/807464 |
| URL | http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU%282015%29563397 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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