Open Access, Education Research, and Discovery

"Conclusions and Recommendations: First, the success of the movement, and the ease with which data can be readily shared by anyone with net access, has contributed to an increasing expectation of openness and will change how research is conducted, shared, and authorized. Second, more research is needed on the attitudes and behavior of researchers in specific fields, especially education researchers, to understand how open access can support their needs as authors. Third, that understanding should be deployed to design services that can help close gaps in the research process. Openness should be adopted as a value in these services, not an end in itself...."