4. Quality

4.6. Students’ perception of quality

For students, the accessibility of information is becoming the primary criterion for the selection of study materials. Thanks to their structure, OER WMS are often preferred by search engines and appear in the first search results; students thus also prefer them. Their well-arranged structure suits them, as they are accustomed to it primarily from Wikipedia, which they regularly use, similarly to being redirected by hyperlinks to associated topics. However, their perception of quality and other use of these resources is also strongly influenced by those around them, i.e. whether these resources are recommended to them by teachers or older classmates who found them useful in fulfilling their study obligations.