OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES REPOSITORY

Abstract

The Indian education system has been consistently evolving over a while. Online learning has added more benefits to the current education system. During the launch of the 2020-21 financial year budgets, the government announced the new education policy, which showed the vital role played by online education. According to reports, the Indian e-learning market will grow by 15.64% and exceed $48 billion by the end of 2020; the main reason cited for this is the increased use of the internet for learning. Online Educational Resources often have a close connection with e-learning. E-learning is not only a technology but also a collection of various pedagogies to learn and teach. It can also incorporate open educational resources (OER) as a pedagogy that can facilitate quality learning. The main benefit of the OER is that it is freely accessible for both students and teachers. Apart from attending the classes online, students can use these OERs to gain more insights into a particular topic. With changing times and technology, distance education is gaining more popularity. The National Knowledge Commission has suggested an increase in the number of OERs to address this changing trend.