Proponents of open educational resources (OER) claim that significant cost savings are
possible when open textbooks displace traditional textbooks in the college classroom. We …

The purpose of this paper is to explore the field of open development in lower and middle
income countries (LMIC) through a review of the literature. We examined 269 articles …

This paper critiques the rise and impact of the open education movement, focusing in
particular on Higher Education. It considers the impact of adopting more open practices on …

This paper proposes and evaluates a model of crowdsourcing in microlearning that includes
the balancing of collaborative learning and crowdsourcing mechanisms. The goal of the …

Pervasive application of crowdsourcing techniques in Higher Education institutions
improves the students' performance by using collaborative projects to enhance each …

In recent years, open educational resources have been offered in initiatives that aim to reach
a wider audience, contributing to the democratization of knowledge. However, there is still a …

Abstract The Open Software movement serves as a landmark and a starting point for many
“opensomething” initiatives, such as Open Educational Resources (OER) and Massive …

Es sabido que América Latina es la región más desigual del planeta. Para hacer frente a
esta realidad, una de las cuestiones clave es impulsar la colaboración en la región, que …

Access to books in higher education is an issue to be addressed, especially in the context of
un-derdeveloped countries, such as those in Latin America. More than just financial issues …

Under a pragmatic point of view, many of the basic principles of openness are not
considered in the design and development of OER and MOOC. The lack of important …