Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South

Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges,
for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the
solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education;
variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student
performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of
education. The Research on Open Educational Resources for Development
(ROER4D) project seeks to build on and contribute to the body of
research on how OER can help to improve access, enhance quality and
reduce the cost of education in the Global South. This volume examines
aspects of educator and student adoption of OER and engagement in Open
Educational Practices (OEP) in secondary and tertiary education as well
as teacher professional development in 21 countries in South America,
Sub-Saharan Africa and South and Southeast Asia. The ROER4D studies and
syntheses presented here aim to help inform Open Education advocacy,
policy, practice and research in developing countries.