Open learning education resource in Nigeria: A review

Abstract

The core goal of education has always been to transfer knowledge in order to achieve desirable change in the learner. However, gaining access to meaningful education resource has over time become a challenge learners and teachers in the educational system. Such change has led to a conscious search for appropriate learning resources. The emergence of open learning education resources promises to silence the problem of lack of access to education resource materials by making available free educational resources that are essential for teaching learning and research purposes. This position paper therefore looks at the state and situation of open learning education resource in Nigeria. The paper also looks into the use of open education resource in Nigeria and how they are accessed by reviewing relevant literature. Recommendations were also made after relevant literature was reviewed.