Open Educational Resources (OERs) Prospectives and Exceptions Practiced by Faculties of Selected Universities in Odisha: A Study

Abstract

Now a day’s, institute in higher education agrees that they are facing the challenge of the rising cost of textbooks and other study resources required for the study. On the other hand, the impact of ICT has spread over every field to provide the best and fastest services to its user. It's the user’s demand in the IT era as the user needs immediate information to complete the tasks in their respective areas of knowledge. A combination of both (rising cost and advancement in ICT) gives a new concept Open Educational Resources (OERs), to provide a new way of collecting, producing, organizing, and disseminating information to its user. The Open Educational Resources (OERs) is a radical change in the area of education and research. OER has offered better solutions to achieve a greater level of efficiency, fruitfulness and quality service in libraries. The study is confined to only Faculties of Technical Universities of Odisha. The analyst has taken a random sample of visiting all the departments of the Universities. During the visit to the departments the investigator distributed the questionnaire to the faculties of the concerned disciplines of the university. A total of 380 questionnaires were distributed among the faculties of all disciplines. Out of which 306 faculty members responded to the questionnaire. The study explores that, Open Educational Access has become a major source of data sharing, as it provides timely access to data anywhere in the globe without dimensional barrier.