Higher education institutions around the world have been using the Internet and other digital
technologies to develop and distribute teaching and learning for decades. Recently, Open
Educational Resources (OER) have gained increased attention for their potential and promise
to obviate demographic, economic, and geographic educational boundaries and to promote
life-long learning and personalised learning. The rapid growth of OER provides new
opportunities for teaching and learning, at the same time, they challenge established views
about teaching and learning practices in higher education.