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Our educational systems are built to provide each person the opportunity to build a better life—for the individual, and for society as a whole—by turning children into citizens, learners into teachers, employees into skilled team members.</strong></em></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="pg-9807-1" class="panel-grid panel-has-style" ><div class="equal-column-height panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-9807-1" ><div id="pgc-9807-1-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-9807-1-0-0" class="so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="1" ><div class="panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-9807-1-0-0" ><div class="so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base" > <div class="siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/enoel/">ENOEL</a></h3> <p><a class="imghover" href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/enoel/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9959" title="ENOEL" src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sparceurope-enoel-1.png" alt="ENOEL" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sparceurope-enoel-1.png 200w, https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sparceurope-enoel-1-150x150.png 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="pgc-9807-1-1" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-9807-1-1-0" class="so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="2" ><div class="panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-9807-1-1-0" ><div class="so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base" > <div class="siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/other-oe-work/">Other OE work</a></h3> <p><a class="imghover" href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/other-oe-work/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9961" title="Other OE work" src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sparceurope-enoel-our-other-work-1.png" alt="Other OE work" width="100" height="85" /></a></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="pgc-9807-1-2" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-9807-1-2-0" class="so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="3" ><div class="panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-9807-1-2-0" ><div class="so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base" > <div class="siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget"> <h3 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/oe-resources/">Resources</a></h3> <p><a class="imghover" href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/oe-resources/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9962" title="Resources" src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sparceurope-enoel-resources-1.png" alt="Resources" width="100" height="96" /></a></p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="pg-9807-2" class="panel-grid panel-no-style" ><div id="pgc-9807-2-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-9807-2-0-0" class="so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-first-child" data-index="4" ><div class="so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base" > <div class="siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget"> <p><strong>Expanding educational opportunities is more possible now than ever before.</strong></p> <p>Online resources provide students and educators with infinite educational materials that can be accessed and disseminated worldwide for a marginal cost. And in the age of COVID, this ease-of-access is proven critical to maintaining those educational opportunities for all.</p> <p>However, educational resources available are held captive by legacy publishing models that actively restrict the dissemination and innovative use of resources in a world that craves educational opportunities. As both print and virtual textbook prices continue to soar, students around the world are struggling to access the materials they need to succeed and are met with high costs and limited access rights.</p> <p>For too long, academic materials have remained in the hands of a disconnected system that fails to take hold of the technological opportunities available. The movement for Open Education and OER, through 21st Century technological possibilities, seeks to bridge the access gaps between students, educators, and academia.</p> </div> </div></div><div id="panel-9807-2-0-1" class="so-panel widget_sow-editor panel-last-child" data-index="5" ><div class="so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base" > <div class="siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget"> <h2 style="text-align: left;">The benefits of Open Education are clear.</h2> <p>Explore SPARC Europe’s involvement in Open Education. <a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/open-educational-resource-benefits/">Read more…</a></p> </div> </div></div></div></div></div> <div class="post-footer"><p></p></div> </div> </article> <aside class="sidebar"> <div id="black-studio-tinymce-59" class="widget-box widget widget_black_studio_tinymce"><div class="inside"><h3 class="widget-title">More links</h3><div class="textwidget"><ul> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/">Open Education</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/open-educational-resources/">What are OERs?</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/open-educational-resource-benefits/">OER benefits</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/enoel/">ENOEL network</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/other-oe-work/"> Other OE work</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-education/oe-resources/">OE Resources</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-access/">Open Access</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/what-we-do/open-data/">FAIR/Open Data</a></li> <li><a href="https://sparceurope.org/sustainingopenscienceinfrastructure/">Sustaining Open</a></li> </ul> </div></div></div></aside> </div> </main> </div> </div>  <footer id="footer" class="col-2"> <div class="inside clear"> <div class="secondary"> <div class="left"><p><span class="menu-footer"></span><span class="copyright-footer"><a href="https://sparceurope.org/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | © 2024 SPARC Europe<br /><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ccby.jpg" alt="creativecommons.org"><br />Subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</a></span><span class="logos-footer"><span><a href="http://libereurope.eu/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/liber-2.png" alt="libereurope.eu"></a></span><span><a href="http://www.oaspa.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/oaspa_logo1.png" alt="oaspa.org"></a></span><span><a href="http://coar-repositories.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/coar-2.png" style="max-width:100%" alt="coar-repositories.org"></a></span><span><a href="https://sparcopen.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sparc-org3.png" alt="sparceurope.org"></a></span></span></p></div> </div> </div> </footer> </div>  </div>  <script> jQuery(document).ready(function($){ 'use strict'; if ( 'function' === typeof WOW ) { new WOW().init(); } }); </script> <script type="text/javascript" id="lsow-frontend-scripts-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var lsow_settings = {"mobile_width":"780","custom_css":".lsow-piechart .lsow-label, .lsow-piechart .lsow-percentage span {color:#575759;}\n.lsow-piechart canvas{background-color:#eeeeec;border-radius: 120px;}\n.lsow-piechart .lsow-label, .lsow-piechart .lsow-percentage span{z-index:200;}"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://sparceurope.org/wp-content/plugins/livemesh-siteorigin-widgets/assets/js/lsow-frontend.js?ver=3.9" id="lsow-frontend-scripts-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="dlm-xhr-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var dlmXHRtranslations = {"error":"An error occurred while trying to download the file. 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