Cover
Licensing Information
I. Foundations
Open Educational Resources
Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resources
Copyright and Open Licensing
The Difference Between an Informational Resource and an Educational Resource
Excludability
Rivalry
II. Research
Open educational resources and college textbook choices
Thoughts on Continuous Improvement and OER
Continuous Improvement of Instructional Materials
Continuous Improvement Dashboards
A/B Testing on Open Textbooks
The Rise Framework
Open Science in Education Sciences
III. Future Directions
What is Open Pedagogy?
OER-Enabled Pedagogy
Open Pedagogy: The Importance of Getting it in the Air
A Look at the Future of Open Educational Resources
Pragmatism vs. Idealism and the Identity Crisis of OER Advocacy
Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential of OER
Assumptions and Challenges of Open Scholarship
The OER Dilemma
Cultural Knowledge and OER
Make Out Like a Bandit
IV. Appendices
Chapter Authors
Glossary
Keywords
Index
V. Student Presentations
A Brief Overview of Open Education
What I Know Now About Open Education
Falling 4 OER
Open Education Q & A
Observations and Learnings About OER
What is OER?
Overview of Open Education
Adopting Open Textbooks
Community Members Should Create OER
Open textbooks for MSED faculty
Consider OER
A Pitch for Open Textbook Adoption
The Case for Open Textbooks in SFL
A Call To Action for Instructors
Lessons Learned
A Pitch for K-12 Teachers and Their Students to Create O.E.R
OER in English Language Teaching
Introduction to Open Education
What is Open Pedagogy and Why Does it Matter?
A brief and open letter about OER to my friends in K-12 Education

The OER Dilemma

A comparison of OER with Traditional textbooks and the benefits of OER in the classroom

OER vs Traditional comparison

Questions about OER not being used if it is free

Answers in response to OER questions

Suggested Citation

(2021). The OER Dilemma: A comparison of OER with Traditional textbooks and the benefits of OER in the classroom. In , , , , , , , & (Eds.), An Introduction to Open Education. EdTech Books. https://edtechbooks.org/open_education/the_oer_dilemma
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