Open Education Resources are educational materials purposely made available for free use by others. They offer tremendous potential for reducing costs and increasing access to education especially in the developing world. This paper discusses issues of quality, localization, adaptation and integration that need to be addressed in order to make OER adoption a successful strategy.
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open educational resources; curriculum development; barriers; sharing; Open access; Web-based instruction; Ensenyament virtual; Accés obert; Enseñanza virtual; Acceso libre
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Open University of the Netherlands
Brigham Young University