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Assessment of Open Educational Resources Instruments: A Systematic Review

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Flowchart presenting the process of selecting the articles.

Table 1

Summary of studies included in the review.

AUTHOR, YEAR AND COUNTRYSAMPLEINSTRUMENTDIMENSIONSITEMSRELIABILITYVALIDITY
Jaggars, Folk & Mullins 2018
EUA
611 undergraduate studentsStudents’ perceptions of open and affordable course materials.Quality, integration, and expertise.21Cronbach Alpha
(α = .21–.89)
Construct
Brasley 2018
EUA
16 expert teachersPerceptions of Open Educational Resources (OER).Importance and likelihood of implementing OER.35N/AContent
Osang 2019
Nigeria
NMDetermining Task Technology Fit (TTF).
Impact on faculty usage, satisfaction, and performance.
Use, satisfaction, Task Technology Fit, and performance.29Composite reliability
(α = .21–.89)
Construct, convergent and discriminant
Sarango-Lapoet al. 2020
Ecuador
271 university professorsDigital Competence and Use of Open Educational Resources (CD- REA).Competence in search, competence in selection, evaluation of information, competence in storage and retrieval, competence in the communication and dissemination of information, competence in the use of OER.16Cronbach Alpha
(α = .78–.89)
Construct
Tipton 2020
EUA
392 university professorsAttitude Towards Open Educational Resources (ATOER).Attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavior, control.16Cronbach Alpha
(α = .75–.85)
Construct and content
Alkhasawneh 2020
Arabia
256 professors and research assistantsPerception of academic staff toward barriers, incentives and benefits of the Open.Barriers, incentives, and benefits.36Cronbach Alpha
(α = .85)
N/M
Canchola et al. 2021
Colombia
123 university professorsAttitudinal Scale of Open Educational Practices (ASOEP).Conceptual domain of OER, procedural management of OER, practices of use of OER.20Cronbach Alpha
(α = .83–.88)
Construct and content
Asghar 2021
Pakistan
376 preservice teachersPreservice teachers’ behaviour towards the use of Open Educational Resources.Attitude (ATT), perceived behavioral control (SEF), culture at a personal level (CPE), culture at a professional level (CPR), culture at the organizational level (COR), intentions to use OER (INT), actual use behavior of OER (USE)…25Cronbach Alpha and Composite Reliability
(α = .61–.80, CR = .80–.87)
Construct, convergent and discriminant
Ramírez-Montoya & Tenorio-Sepulveda 2021
Mexico
16 researcherse-Open instrument.Capacity building, development of support policies, promotion of effective, inclusive, and equitable access, creation of sustainability models, promotion of international cooperation.36
items
NAContent
Sandanayake, Karunanayaka & Madurapperuma 2021
Sri Lanka
102 undergraduate studentsOER-integrated online courses.Information design aspects, instruction design aspects, interface design aspects, and interaction design aspects.47Cronbach Alpha
(α = .75–.83)
Construct, convergent and discriminant
Pozón-Lopez et al. 2021
Spain
210 students, professors, and researchersUser satisfaction and intention to use Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).Perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, emotions, the vividness of content, perceived interactivity, controlled motivation, autonomous motivation, perceived entertainment, perceived course quality, perceived satisfaction, and use intention.44Cronbach Alpha and Composite Reliability
(α = .77–.93, CR = .78-94)
Construct and discriminant
Redcay, Pfannenstiel & Albert 2022
EUA
1142 undergraduate studentsZero Textbook Satisfaction Scale (ZSS).Satisfaction.11Cronbach Alpha
(α = . 94)
Construct
Yi & Tan2022
China
380 students and professorStudent satisfaction with MOOC.Satisfaction and quality16Cronbach Alpha
(α = .91–.95)
Construct
Tang & Bao 2023
EUA
512 professorsCollege instructors’ value belief about using OER.Customizing classroom materials, supporting professional development, and engaging students.17Cronbach Alpha
(α = .76- .82)
Construct
Zawacki-Richter, Müskens & Marín 2022
Germany
NMQuality assessment of OER.Content/academic foundation, content/target group orientation, content/reusability of content, instructional design/alignment, instructional design/collaboration and interaction, instructional design/applicability, instructional design/student support, instructional design/assessment, accessibility/CC-license, accessibility/accessibility for students with disabilities, accessibility/reliability and compatibility, accessibility/technical reusability, usability/structure, navigation and orientation, usability/design and readability, and usability/interactivity.NMNMNM
Tlili 2022
Spain
57 professorsPersonality on educator attitudes toward open educational resources.Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, attitudes towards OER, intention to use OER.NMCronbach Alpha
(α = .73–.85)
NM
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.1009 | Journal eISSN: 1365-893X
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 24, 2025
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Accepted on: Mar 27, 2025
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Published on: Mar 20, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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