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In a society that is becoming increasingly [[wikipedia:Digital|digital]], it is no surprise that educational processes are also getting impacted by digital technologies (popularly known as [[wikipedia:Information_and_communications_technology|Information and Communication Technologies]], or simply ICTs). A significant development in the educational domain has been the rise of [[wikipedia:Open_educational_resources|Open Educational Resources]] (OER), with the promise of delivering quality education. An essentially, digital phenomenon, OER seek to leverage the possibilities of digital methods for accessing, creating, modifying and sharing educational content.  OER has redefined the copyright regime, stimulating the sharing of content with license to re-use, modify and share / publish.  

In a society that is becoming increasingly [[wikipedia:Digital|digital]], it is no surprise that educational processes are also getting impacted by digital technologies (popularly known as [[wikipedia:Information_and_communications_technology|Information and Communication Technologies]], or simply ICTs). A significant development in the educational domain has been the rise of [[wikipedia:Open_educational_resources|Open Educational Resources]] (OER), with the promise of delivering quality education. An essentially, digital phenomenon, OER seek to leverage the possibilities of digital methods for accessing, creating, modifying and sharing educational content.  OER has redefined the copyright regime, stimulating the sharing of content with license to re-use, modify and share / publish.  

While the advantages seem obvious in terms of increased availability of curricular materials and reducing costs of education, research suggests that OER seems to have not achieved its potential for adoption<ref>The term ‘adoption’ of OER is used in this note in a comprehensive manner, to include creation, use, re-use, revision, re-mixing,retaining and re-distributing.</ref>.

While the advantages seem obvious in terms of increased availability of curricular materials and reducing costs of education, research suggests that OER seems to have not achieved its potential for adoption<ref>The term ‘adoption’ of OER is used in this note in a comprehensive manner, to include creation, use, re-use, revision, re-mixing,retaining and re-distributing.</ref>.