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OER and the value of openness: Implications for the knowledge economy
Bernstein, Samantha

PublishedOctober 2015
JournalGlobalisation, Societies and Education
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 471 - 486

ABSTRACT
The knowledge economy is marked by recent trends in technological advancement, globalisation and increasing knowledge intensity. Through new technologies like Open Educational Resources (OER), knowledge can be freely accessed by individuals around the world, blurring traditional notions of ownership and prompting a social transformation manifested through values based on open knowledge access. This paper examines the extent to which values of openness are at odds with the capitalist frameworks underlying the knowledge economy and considers whether the influence of openness is transitory or whether a new capitalism must evolve in order to support social forces based on these values.

Keywords knowledge economy · knowledge society · new capitalism · OER · openness

ISSN1476-7732
RefereedYes
RightsCopyright © 2016 Informa UK Limited
DOI10.1080/14767724.2014.965012
Other informationGlobalisation, Societies and Education
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