Is there any surprise that the The Open Educational Quality Initiative report would conclude the following?
"1. The report shows that systematic quality assurance mechanisms for OER are lacking in higher education and adult education in Europe. There is a need to counter the argument that OER are second rate materials through quality assurance instruments, concepts and efforts in institutions.
"2. Educational professionals give voice to considerable insecurity about how they can demonstrate the value of OER and OEP when quality management approaches are largely absent for OER."
I think that instead of asking whether instructors and administrators feel OERs are of lower quality, that a survey should set out to determine whether (a) they are actually of lower quality, and (b) if this impairs their effectiveness to support learning.
"1. The report shows that systematic quality assurance mechanisms for OER are lacking in higher education and adult education in Europe. There is a need to counter the argument that OER are second rate materials through quality assurance instruments, concepts and efforts in institutions.
"2. Educational professionals give voice to considerable insecurity about how they can demonstrate the value of OER and OEP when quality management approaches are largely absent for OER."
I think that instead of asking whether instructors and administrators feel OERs are of lower quality, that a survey should set out to determine whether (a) they are actually of lower quality, and (b) if this impairs their effectiveness to support learning.
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