W-13 Benefits, Challenges, and Sustainability of OpenCourseWare

Abstract

OpenCourseWare movement, spearheaded by world renowned higher education institution has been in the center of heated debates for its validity and sustainability. Although it is a young movement, it has hundreds of institutions worldwide participating in the movement, and many forecast that open educational resources will secure itself to be a mainstream movement in a couple years. This paper examines what benefits OCW can offer to institutions, what challenges are pressing, and what should be done in order to find sustainability for the movement.