Benefits and Challenges of Open Educational Resources

1. OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
Benefits and Challenges

2. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Benefits of OER include:
1. Minimal cost to the student
2. Additional resources to
support a course material
3. New information can become
quickly available to the
educational realm
4. Material can be distributed to a
few or many at little cost
5. Encourages continued and/or
life-long learning
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3. OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Challenges of OER include:
1. Issues of quality and accuracy of
material are a concern
2. Require hardware and software
technologies for internet access
3. Language or cultural views may
be a barrier to use
4. Incentive to update and sustain
material over time may be
minimal
5. Lack of physical contact and
interactive discussions may
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