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USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Difference between online educational content and openly licensed educational content........2
Online educational resources provided by ‘Athabasca University’...........................................2
Review of OER..........................................................................................................................2
Relevance...............................................................................................................................3
Accuracy................................................................................................................................3
Authenticity............................................................................................................................3
Usefulness..............................................................................................................................3
Advantage of OER in personal and professional life.................................................................3
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................5

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USE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Introduction
In this assignment an analysis will be done over the difference between online
educational content and openly licensed educational content. The open education resources
provided by ‘Athabasca University’ have been analysed. This university is providing free
access of Journal articles, books and course material. The important features of EOR will be
discussed in the assignment. The use of open education resources in personal and
professional life will be highlighted.
Difference between online educational content and openly licensed educational content
OER provides the free education facilities to any member and there are not any
charges or permission required to access the education facilities or resources for promoting
the education and knowledge. Whereas openly licensed educational content required some
permission and even charges to view the content of education (University, 2020).
Online educational resources provided by ‘Athabasca University’
OER provided by ‘Athabasca University’ like African Journals online, American
Chemical Society Journal and other library scholars journals are easily available which can
be used by students, researchers, teachers, professors and any other persons (Online, 2020).
Review of OER
All the journal articles provided by the ‘Athabasca University’ are very much relevant
to the subject. The observation of the African Journals online is reviewed and the results are
as follows:
Relevance
All the African Journals contain relevant information towards the subject. The highly
relevant and to the point information is very useful for analysing any subject. It is very
impossible to find irrelevant information in these journals because these are written by
sophisticated and well-known authors (Rory McGreal, 2020).
Accuracy