Open educational resources: A reality check
| Published | October 2017 |
| Periodical | Pages 1-5 |
| Publisher | Contact North |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
In 2007, educators from around the world gathered in Cape Town, South Africa, to challenge the educational world to adopt and use Open Educational Resources (OER) to increase access to and success in education and to lower the cost of access. What progress had been made and what challenges remain?| Keywords | OER adoption · OER quality · OER usage assessment · OERu · open education · OpenStax textbooks |
| Published at | Ontario |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| URL | https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/insights-online-learning/2018-02-07/open-educational-resources-oer-reality-check |
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