The OER Knowledge Cloud: Why Openess In Education?

Why openess in education?

Published	February 2012
Series	Game changers: Education and information technologies Chapter 6, Pages 81-89
Publisher	EDUCAUSE Publications
Editor	Oblinger, Diana. G.

ABSTRACT

In this chapter, we explore a number of ways openness affects the practices of teaching and learning and the motivations behind supporters of these emergent practices. We discuss the three principal influences of openness on education: open educational resources, open access, and open teaching.

Keywords

higher education · MOOC · open access · open teaching · textbooks

Language	eng
ISSN	978-1-933046-00-6
Rights	Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
URL	https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub72036.pdf
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