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SUBMITTER: Grimaldi PJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6402753 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grimaldi Phillip J PJ Basu Mallick Debshila D Waters Andrew E AE Baraniuk Richard G RG
PloS one 20190306 3
Open Educational Resources (OER) have been lauded for their ability to reduce student costs and improve equity in higher education. Research examining whether OER provides learning benefits have produced mixed results, with most studies showing null effects. We argue that the common methods used to examine OER efficacy are unlikely to detect positive effects based on predictions of the access hypothesis. The access hypothesis states that OER benefits learning by providing access to critical cour ...[more]