A poster presented at the joint International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) and Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) Conference 2016 held at the University of Cape Town from 23-25 November 2016. This poster reports on the evaluation of the Research on Open Educational Resources for Development (ROER4D) project, a project that is commitment to open research. Some of the emerging benefits and drawbacks of conducting an evaluation on an open research project are highlighted.