Open access is a sister open initiative to OER which aims to provide unrestricted access to scholarly research outputs including peer-reviewed journals, theses, scholarly monographs and book chapters.
	
	
		
			
-  Ten years on from the Budapest Open Access Initiative: setting the default to open
 
-  Steel, G., & Kernohan, D. (2017, August 15). A beginners guide to Open Access. Wonkhe. Analysis.
 
-  Piwowar, H., Priem, J., Larivière, V., Alperin, J. P., Matthias, L., Norlander, B., … Haustein, S. (2017). The State of OA: A large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles (No. e3119v1). PeerJ Inc.
 
-  European Commission. (2013, August 21). Open access to research publications reaching “tipping point.”
 
		
 
	 
 
	
	
		
			
-  Conduct a search for open access to find out more about the initiative and current state of progress of open access in your country.
 
-  Consider the following questions:
-  What is the difference between gold and  green open access?
 
-  Have any education institutions in your country adopted open access policies?
 
-  What are the three most important implications of open access for learning in a digital age?
 
 
		
 
	 
 
Recommended reading
Suber, P. (2012). Open access. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. (Check for free open access versions listed on the site.)
 
Open access is a sister open initiative to OER which aims to provide unrestricted access to scholarly research outputs including peer-reviewed journals, theses, scholarly monographs and book chapters.
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Suber, P. (2012). Open access. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. (Check for free open access versions listed on the site.)
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