Why OA: Open Access
| Published | 2026 |
| Type of work | Brochure |
| Periodical | Pages 9 |
| Publisher | UNESCO |
| Country | France, Europe |
ABSTRACT
Open access (OA) promotes the fair and ethical sharing of scientific knowledge as a global public resource, in accordance with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021). It is intended to make research outputs freely accessible and openly licensed for responsible reuse, recognizing that openness operates within clear ethical, legal and social boundaries. They include those associated with respect for human rights and privacy, intellectual property, Indigenous and local knowledge, security, and bioethical considerations. Consequently, OA promotes transparency, inclusiveness and trust in science, ensuring that knowledge is created and shared for the benefit of all, and that it is guided by ethical principles and the values of cooperation and equity affirmed in the United Nations Pact for the Future and the Global Digital Compact.| Keywords | open access · OA · research · open license · UNITWIN |
| Language | English |
| Rights | CC BY-SA |
| URL | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000397811 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
AVAILABLE FILES
Viewed by 87 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.
Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Toward an Open Empowered Learning Model of pedagogy in higher education
Bossu, Carina; Smyth, R.; Stagg, A.; Reushle, S.; et al.
This chapter will explore some of the emerging trends in higher education worldwide brought by opening up education, including Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Educational Practices (OEP) and Massive Open Online ...
Match: open
The open education handbook 2014
Farrow, Rob; Open Knowledge
"Open Education" is a topic which has become increasingly popular in a variety of contexts. This handbook has been written to provide a useful point of reference for readers with a range of different roles and interests ...
Match: open
Open education
Pisutova, K.
Introduction to some concepts of openness in education. This presentation addresses concepts of Open Licensing (Creative Commons licenses), Open Content, Open Coursewere, Open Educational Resources, and Open Teaching ...
Match: open
Fifty shades of open
Pomerantz, Jeffrey; Peek, Robin
Open source. Open access. Open society. Open knowledge. Open government. Even open food. The word “open” has been applied to a wide variety of words to create new terms, some of which make sense, and some not so ...
Match: open; open access
Open educational practices at Uttarakhand Open University: From policies to implementation
Pande, Jeetendra
Soon after the emergence of the open courseware movement, in 2002 UNESCO coined the term Open Educational Resources (OERs) in a forum on the impact of open courseware on higher education in developing countries. Since ...
Match: open
The ascent of Open Access
Hook, Daniel W.; Hahnel, Mark; Calvert, Ian
This report is an analysis of the Open Access landscape since the turn of the millennium. It compares the leading countries for research outputs with those producing the most Open Access papers over a 16-year period, as ...
Match: access; open; open access; OA; Europe
Open science by design: Realizing a vision for 21st century research
Committee on Toward an Open Science Enterprise; Board on Research Data and Information; Policy and Global Affairs; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Openness and sharing of information are fundamental to the progress of science and to the effective functioning of the research enterprise. The advent of scientific journals in the 17th century helped power the ...
Match: access; open
Open educational resources: Removing barriers from within
Mishra, Sanjaya
Enthusiasts and evangelists of open educational resources (OER) see these resources as a panacea for all of the problems of education. However, despite its promises, their adoption in educational institutions is slow. ...
Match: open
The role of Open Access and Open Educational Resources: A distance learning perspective
Hatzipanagos, Stylianos; Gregson, Jon
The paper explores the role of Open Access (in licensing, publishing and sharing research data) and Open Educational Resources within Distance Education, with a focus on the context of the University of London ...
Match: access; open; open access
An overview of Open Education Resources for higher education
Cheung, Simon K S.; Li, Kam Cheong; Yuen, Kin Sun; Lam, Jeanne; et al.
Since adopted in early 2000’s, open education resources (OER) have evolved as a major source of learning materials for higher education. In general, there are four categories of OER, namely, open textbooks, open ...
Match: open; open license
