Higher education: The success and challenges in open education resources (OER)

Pena, Heather / hp Higher education: The success and challenges in open education resources (OER)., 2009 [Preprint]

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Open Education Resources (OER) in higher education is reaching new platforms around the world. In this paper I would like to explore the success and challenges that higher education face when adopting an OER platform. This paper will allow the reader to look outside the walls of a centralized learning environment and gain a broader perspective on free information, knowledge and education used around the world.

Item type: Preprint
Keywords: OER, open education resources, higher education
Subjects: G. Industry, profession and education. > GH. Education.
A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
L. Information technology and library technology
Depositing user: Heather / hp Pena
Date deposited: 09 Nov 2009
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:15
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/13743

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