Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources is a category of teaching, learning, and research materials that are either in the public domain or released under an open license permitting free access, adaptation, and redistribution by others for educational purposes.

1.7K

Publications

61.7K

Citations

3.6K

Authors

1.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

629

Variants

OerOpen Education Resources

Parents

Educational Technology

Children

Creative Commons LicensingLearning Object RepositoriesLocalization Of Educational ResourcesMetadata Standards For Educational ResourcesOer DiscoveryOer RepositoriesOpen CoursewareOpen Educational PracticesOpen Educational Resource AccessibilityOpen Educational Resource Commons

Publications

1.7K

Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0

John Seely Brown, Richard Adler · 2008 · 876 citations

Education, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning +4

The Computer in the School: Tutor, Tool, Tutee

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation · 1981 · 601 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Physics +5

Models for Sustainable Open Educational Resources

Stephen Downes · Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning · 2007 · 501 citations · Full text

Education, Higher Education, Science Education +12

Openness and Praxis: Exploring the Use of Open Educational Practices in Higher Education

Catherine Cronin · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning · 2017 · 447 citations · Full text

Education, Higher Education, Teaching +10

Disrupted classes, undisrupted learning during COVID-19 outbreak in China: application of open educational practices and resources

Ronghuai Huang, Ahmed Tlili, Ting‐Wen Chang et al. · Smart Learning Environments · 2020 · 406 citations · Full text

Education, Education Policy, Educational Technology +17

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Authors

3.6K

DW
David Wiley
Brigham Young University, United States
30 publications · 2.8K citations
26
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JH
John Hilton
Brigham Young University, United States
17 publications · 1.8K citations
15
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ET
Edmundo Tovar
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
18 publications · 466 citations
14
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RF
Robert Farrow
The Open University, United Kingdom
14 publications · 466 citations
14
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NP
Nelson Piedra
Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Ecuador
15 publications · 356 citations
13
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Institutions

1.3K

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Venues

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
IRRODL · 117 publications · 6.8K citations
47
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Journal of Interactive Media in Education
JiME · 41 publications · 1.9K citations
25
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Open Praxis
51 publications · 1.7K citations
23
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Open Learning The Journal of Open Distance and e-Learning
33 publications · 1.7K citations
22
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Distance Education
DE · 27 publications · 1.5K citations
22
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See also Open Educational Resources
Licensing	Open Licensing Public Domain Creative Commons Licensing Creative Commons Attribution
Creation Practices	Open Educational Practices Open Licensing Collaborative Authoring Systems
Quality Assurance	Peer Review Participatory Evaluation
Repositories	Open Educational Resource Repositories Content Management Systems
Adoption Barriers	Quality Assurance Discoverability Sustainability Science Institutional Theory Accessibility Standards Institutional Support Mechanisms Switching Costs Language Barriers In Collaboration