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Developing a sustainable financial model in Higher Education for Open Educational Resources
Annand, David

PublishedSeptember 2015
Type of workSpecial Issue: OER and MOOCs
JournalInternational Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning
Volume 16, Issue 5, Pages 1-15
EditorsMcGreal, Rory and Conrad, Dianne

ABSTRACT
Financial issues regarding the sustainable production, dissemination, and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education are reviewed and proposed solutions critiqued. Use of OER produce demonstrable cost savings for students. Yet OER development continues to rely almost completely on government and philanthropic funding. This indicates that a mismatch exists between the financial interests of students and those of higher education institutions. Before OER will be broadly adopted, changes to government policy are required to align institutional objectives with faculty motivations and student needs.

Keywords disruptive innovation · economics of OER · Open Educational Resources

Published atAthabasca, Alberta
ISSN1492-3831
Accession number110550257
RefereedYes
Rightsby/4.0
URLhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2133
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