OER as online edutainment resources: a critical look at open content, branded content, and how both affect the OER movement

Bronze, free, or fourrée: an open access commentary

“…It is derived from "greenwashing, " where vendors opportunistically label their products "green" in the hope of increased sales. With the increased focus on open access, we may expect not just an increased commodification of openness [20], but also more confusion as associated concepts, symbols, and language are co-opted or copied by various actors.…”

Faculty Perception of Openness and Attitude to Open Sharing at the Indian National Open University

“…Moe (2015) remarks that open is often defined in economic terms of consumer cost and not in theoretical terms of remix or appropriation. It, therefore, becomes important to consider openness in the context of contemporary academic practices of institutions to address the barriers to participation (Oliver, 2015).…”

“…Several researchers (Bayne, Knox & Ross, 2015;Edwards, 2015;Moe, 2015;McNamara, 2012;Olcott, 2013) have discussed the idea of openness in educational practices through varied perspectives. The (Jones, 2015).…”

A incompatibilidade entre os atributos dos recursos educacionais abertos e as preferências dos usuários como barreira à difusão de inovação

“…No caso dos MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses), por exemplo, o termo "open" denota ausência de requisitos para fazer os cursos e a liberdade de utilizar o conteúdo em qualquer lugar e a qualquer momento (ausência de barreiras geográficas e temporais) (Alevizou, 2015). A falta de consenso sobre a definição abre espaço para males entendidos e para o surgimento do open washing, termo derivado da expressão greenwashing 2 , em que iniciativas alegam ser abertas, mas na realidade não são (Moe, 2015). A Open University, no…”