It will be wise for educational institutions, from primary to tertiary level, globally, to reflect on
their position and profile with respect to the new concepts of Open Educational Resources …

As advocates for OER describe its transformative potential, it is critical that these claims are
scrutinized using empirical methods. In this chapter, the authors—all of whom are affiliated …

During the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several online initiatives have been
enacted to provide teachers and educators with the skills needed to face the transition to …

What are books? In 2054, where reading and writing have been banned, a scholar in a
dystopian academy known as University V might legitimately pose such a question. This …

Academic social networking sites (SNS) seek to bring the benefits of online networking to an
academic audience. Currently, the two largest sites are Academia. edu and Research: Gate …

The wider a research result is communicated the higher its impact and benefits. Online
journals are today the most effective means of communicating research result. However …

Ecologies of openness--inclusion, intersections, and interstices--raises questions about the
concepts of open, openness, opened, and opening, throughout educational contexts. The …

Researchers in the UK are taking on new roles and responsibilities to meet the requirements
of an expanded agenda for generating and evidencing social and economic impacts from …

The advent of the internet and digital technologies has given rise to a number of new
economic models. These have often been applied to education, but either through faults in …

Open access publishing, where readers do not pay to access articles, became possible due
to the electronic publishing revolution that is the Internet [1]. The seminal definition of open …