Ten years later: Why Open Educational Resources have not noticeably affected higher education, and why we should care
| Published | February 2013 |
| Journal | EDUCAUSEreview online |
ABSTRACT
Key Takeaways* Open educational resources made a dramatic appearance with the 2002 debut of MIT's Open Courseware initiative.
* In the roughly 10 years since, OERs have not noticeably disrupted the traditional business model of higher education or affected daily teaching approaches at most institutions.
* Four major hurdles seem the likeliest hindrances to adoption of OERs: discoverability, quality control, bridging the last mile, and acquisition.
* OERs could unify and advance the essentially disconnected developments in digital textbooks and MOOCs by establishing a global enterprise learning content management system.
| Keywords | EDUCAUSE · MOOC · OER CMS · OER costs · open textbooks |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/3.0 |
| URL | http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/ten-years-later-why-open-educational-resources-have-not-noticeably-affected-higher-education-and-why-we-should-ca |
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