Benefits And Challenges of

OER

Benefits

The “old” way of education keeps many from accessing it.

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People learn in many different way. Now they can find a style that suits them better – on the same subject.

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Low cost – if any!

Making it easier for people all over the world to get access to quality education if they have internet access.

Teachers can benefit by insight from other instructors on the subject they place in OER.

No need to recreate the wheel!

ChallengesTo OER

CONTROL – can more easily lose it!

No income or FTE considerations for the school.

Hard to track academic integrity

How does the student know that the subject being taught is actually correct information?

Lack of personal contact with instructors

As with any online education, this can be a problem – though, no reason to dismiss this form of education at all.

Are academic authors just going to give their books away – FREE?

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