Table 1
Feelings of Lecturers towards OERs (n = 52).
| STATEMENT | RESPONSE | |
|---|---|---|
| F | % | |
| Positive statements | ||
| I believe in the idea of OERs for teaching and learning | 41 | 78.8 |
| I would be happy for someone to adapt my resources | 38 | 73.1 |
| OERs enhance the reputation of my institution | 38 | 73.1 |
| Sharing education resources enhance my reputation | 34 | 65.4 |
| Sharing education resources increases my citation index in academic social media | 32 | 61.0 |
| Negative statements | ||
| I have concerns over copyright issues | 33 | 63.5 |
| OERs cover limited subjects and disciplines | 35 | 67.3 |
| I have no support for making materials openly available online | 30 | 57.7 |
| I don’t want to share my education resources that I spent a long time preparing | 29 | 55.8 |
| Contents are not available in my native language | 29 | 55.8 |
| I fear criticism from my colleagues on the quality of content | 26 | 50.0 |
| I don’t want to give my colleague the advantage of using my education resources | 25 | 48.1 |
| Why give away education resources to other universities | 24 | 46.2 |
[i] F = Frequency % = Percent.
Figure 1
Attitude of Lecturers towards OERs (n = 52). A: Many OERs are published in predatory journals, B: Articles published as OERs are not recognized by the scholarly community, C: OERs have a low impact factor, D: I feel that OERs are not peer-reviewed, E: I feel that OERs are more beneficial to the academic and research community, F: I like to publish an article on the open access platform, G: I can access OERs from anywhere without any restriction, H: OERs drive innovation in research.
| S/N | STATEMENT | TICK |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I don’t want to share my education resources that I spent a long time to prepare | |
| 2 | I don’t want to give my colleague the advantage of using my education resources | |
| 3 | I have no support for making materials openly available online | |
| 4 | I have concerns over copyright issues | |
| 5 | I fear criticism from my colleagues on the quality of content | |
| 6 | Why give away education resources to other universities | |
| 7 | I would be happy for someone to adapt my resources | |
| 8 | I believe in Open Education Resources | |
| 9 | Open Education Resources enhance the Reputation of my Institution | |
| 10 | Sharing Education Resources enhance my reputation | |
| 11 | Sharing Education Resources increases my Citation index in academic social media | |
| 12 | OERs cover limited subjects and disciplines | |
| 13 | Contents are not available in my native language |
| S/NO | STATEMENTS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many predatory journals are in open access environment | |||||
| 2 | Articles published in open-access platforms do not get recognition from the scholarly community | |||||
| 3 | I feel that articles are frequently cited from open access resources | |||||
| 4 | Open access journals have low Impact Factor | |||||
| 5 | I feel that some open-access journals are not peer-reviewed | |||||
| 6 | I feel that open-access resources are more beneficial to the academic and research community | |||||
| 7 | I like to publish an article in open access platform | |||||
| 8 | I can access it from anywhere without any restriction | |||||
| 9 | Open-access Journals are cited increasing than subscription journals | |||||
| 10 | Open access drives innovation in research |