Introduction

In this assignment an analysis will be done over the difference between online educational content and openly licensed educational content. The open education resources provided by ‘Athabasca University’ have been analysed.  This university is providing free access of Journal articles, books and course material. The important features of EOR will be discussed in the assignment. The use of open education resources in personal and professional life will be highlighted.

Difference between online educational content and openly licensed educational content

OER provides the free education facilities to any member and there are not any charges or permission required to access the education facilities or resources for promoting the education and knowledge. Whereas openly licensed educational content required some permission and even charges to view the content of education (University, 2020).

Online educational resources provided by ‘Athabasca University’

OER provided by ‘Athabasca University’ like African Journals online, American Chemical Society Journal and other library scholars journals are easily available which can be used by students, researchers, teachers, professors and any other persons (Online, 2020).

Review of OER

All the journal articles provided by the ‘Athabasca University’ are very much relevant to the subject. The observation of the African Journals online is reviewed and the results are as follows:

Relevance

All the African Journals contain relevant information towards the subject. The highly relevant and to the point information is very useful for analysing any subject. It is very impossible to find irrelevant information in these journals because these are written by sophisticated and well-known authors (Rory McGreal, 2020).

Accuracy

The information provided by the African Journals is very accurate and easy to understand. Very accurate and exact information are provided by the resources of EOR. The accuracy of the information is guaranteed because of the high quality of authors (Online, 2020).

Authenticity

The information in the journals is authentic and correct which is highly useful for researchers. The information is very much reliable and taken from authentic sources (Online, 2020).

Usefulness

The information provided in the journals can be used by various purposes. Many students use the OER to improve their performance by gathering knowledge about different topics. These information is not only helpful for students but also very helpful for researchers, healthcare professionals and people belongs from various streams (I Sapire, 2011).

Advantage of OER in personal and professional life

The OER are highly useful in gathering knowledge about any topic which can be used for various purposes. Students use this information for their exams. Sometimes students use this information for making assignments; presentations and doing research work for their curriculum. Because of the credibility of the resources, these are highly useful for students and trainers for improving their technical and academic skills (I Sapire, 2011).

The information provided by OER is extremely useful for improving the personal life of a person. Knowledge of different sectors is very useful for the person because they can use this knowledge in their real life. These EOR are very much useful in my life because I applied this knowledge in my daily life (University, 2020).

For example: Knowledge related to various diseases and health played a very important role in maintaining the health in my daily life. Precautions and other important information related to health of the person can be applied in daily life to improve the health conditions of the life (Online, 2020).

I used this information in solving many problems of my business. I deal with a lot of challenges in my professional life but because of getting the information related to each and every topic on EOR, I enabled to solve the problems related to my profession (I Sapire, 2011).

I realised that even in personal life, the answers of some crucial question may be found in the resources of EOR which is extremely important to enhance various skills and knowledge in day to day activities of the life which is very useful in improving the quality of life of a person (Chen, 2010).

These EOR are very useful in improving the technical knowledge of the person. I use the information in my professional life related to my business. If any problem arises in my profession, I used this information in solving my problems (A Adams, 2013).

Conclusion

The OER provided by various institutions are very much useful for the professional and personal life of a person. I realised that these sources are very much useful not only for academic purpose but also for professional life of a person. I used this information to perform better in my professional life. Technical knowledge gathered by these resources in different domains is very much credible and useful in solving many queries related to my profession. Moreover, I gathered a lot of technical, academic and communication skills after reading and understanding various sources of EOR.