I agree with you. Even when we do not have open access, there are a lot of journal papers that are badly written. One of the recent papers I wrote had numerous grammatical errors to the extent that it was difficult to make meaning out of the written text at some places. The author’s worldview did not align with the methods adopted to answer the research questions.

I think open access will make research access to many more people who can benefit from that knowledge. Kudos to open access!

I think part of the reason engineering seems so difficult to many people is because it uses a very esoteric lingo. If one looks at the research papers published in any discipline of engineering, one would realize it is difficult to understand just the title if one is not familiar with the discipline. When I think of the last (and the only) technical paper that I published in engineering (renewable energy systems to be precise), I realize that many of the terms used in the title of the paper would be unknown to people if they do not have an electrical engineering degree. On the other hand, if I look at my last engineering education publication, I find the words that I used in the title to be very familiar to most of the people. I wish engineering could adopt a better communication strategy. It will draw more people to engineering.