Can the Value of Open Educational Resources Be Measured?

"Early in February, the Department of Education announced that 14 states and 40 K-12 school districts were transitioning to the use of open-educational resources (OER) in their schools, a new model of learning with the potential to increase equity and access in education as well as repurpose funding typically spent on textbooks. It’s expected that the OER market will triple or quadruple in the next five years, as more schools are starting to integrate open-educational resources into their classrooms.[1]

However education administrators still need to be persuaded of the value of replacing traditional textbooks with open-educational resources. Can OER deliver on its promise to improve learning and cut costs? Below, we take a brief look at some of the recent research and outcomes reported in the higher-education community."