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#UOSM2008 Topic 5: Open Access – opening the flood gates to poor quality content?
Explain the advantages and disadvantages to a content producer of making their materials freely available online
Open access means something is free, immediately available online with full re-use rights (Shockey & Eisen, 2012). Open access can cover a wide scope of materials; from videos, pictures, website templates, medical journals to academic tools such as lecture slides and practice questions.
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