The Nordic Alliance for Open Education - State of the Art, Challenges and Opportunities

摘要

The current OER initiatives such as the Paris OER Declaration can be a big step forward towards access to education. However, it is necessary that governments engage and commit to integration of certain OER recommendations into national and regional policies. By empirically identifying barriers and possible actions, our study is a starting point for supporting OER adoption on different levels. The action items can be used by stakeholders to determine necessary implementation steps and create action plans. As this process gathers momentum, the OER movement has the potential to create great synergies for access, collaborations and quality of learning, education and training. However, those possible benefits need to be systematically explored, planned and validated. The Nordic Open Education Alliance aims at contributing towards collaborative research, discourse and policy support. This community encourages the further discussion of this study and in particular recommendations.