Open education resources in the global scenario: Highlights and challenges

Abstract

Given the recognition of the Open Education Resources (OER) movement in the global scenario, this paper provides an overview of the OER implementation efforts, based on two documents: OER Global Report 2017 and Ljubljana OER Action Plan 2017. The first analyses the OER progress from 2012 to 2017. The second presents recommended actions and strategies to harness the potential of open-licensed resources. We argue that these documents helped to compose the actions and strategies for the 2019 UNESCO OER Recommendation, which, in turn, motivated UNESCO and partnerships to produce an OER Guide under the Pandemic COVID-19 in 2020. Aligned with the OER experiences brought by the Guide, we underscore the importance of openly creating and sharing teaching and learning materials to support educational practices during Covid-19.