%0 Report %A Yuan, Li %A MacNeill, Sheila %A Kraan, Wilbert %D 2008 %G eng %I Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) CETIS %K higher education %K challenges %K reuse %K repository %K OER projects %P 1-34 %T Open Educational Resources – Opportunities and challenges for higher education %U http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/0/0b/OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf %X This briefing paper [looks] at the latest developments and trends in Open Educational Resources (OER) initiatives worldwide and serves as a quick introduction to funding bodies, institutions and educators who are interested in OER initiatives. The paper includes three sections: a) the conceptual and contextual issues of Open Educational Resources; b) current OER initiatives: their scale, approaches, main issues and challenges; and c) trends emerging in Open Educational Resources, with respect to future research and activities. %> https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf