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This publication was intended to shed light on the current state of advancement of OER in Kenya. It provides a brief outline of Kenya’s national policies and strategies for ICT in education, as well as government initiatives and collaboration with UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning in developing a national OER policy. The study is based on the overview of regional and international projects implemented in Kenya at national and institutional level. The report contains the results of the analysis of challenges for the promotion of OER and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in Kenya, ranging from copyright issues to awareness and preparedness of main stakeholders to produce and use OER. A very important is establishing of funding mechanisms for the production of OER, technological challenges and quality assurance. In conclusion, the author proposes the recommendations for OER  integration into the learning and teaching process, which include the steps to be taken to overtake the challenges.

Even though the OER movement in Kenya is at an early stage, we believe that this publication will attract the attention of national and institutional decision-makers to the importance of promoting OER and OEP. We also hope that it will contribute to awareness-raising on OER among high and higher school educators and Kenyan academic community as a whole.

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