this underlines the special position that oer holds in distinction to open education however seeing oer in the context of mulder s model for open education highlights that oer are only interesting in the context of wiley s recent question what can be done in the context of open which could not be done before wiley that is to say that the learning opportunities for learners and the support services offered digitally through other learners or through teachers determine the impact on learning outcomes which oer can eventually have