OER Mythbusting!
| Published | October 2014 |
| Periodical | Edition version 1.0, Volume 2015 |
| Publisher | Open Educational Resources Policy in Europe |
ABSTRACT
This site has one purpose – to bust myths about Open Educational Resources! There are two parts – a mythbusting guide and a quick introduction to OER. Both will help you find fast, simple and useful answers to myths, statements and unsupported claims about how Open Educational Resources (OER) do not work or do not suite educational systems and environments. They do.Criticism of Open Educational Resources is diverse, motivated by varied anxieties and uncertainties, but also particular interests. Some of this criticism is justified and points to areas which need further work on the part of the OER community, or refer to specific OER projects. Still, much of the criticism is rooted in fallacies that simply need to be explained.
| Keywords | copyright · Creative Commons · intellectual property · licences · myths · OER adoption · OER business model · OER publishing · OER quality · OER sustainability |
| Other number | January 22, 2015 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| URL | http://mythbusting.oerpolicy.eu/ |
| Access date | January 22, 2015 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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