Elements of Open Education: An Invitation to Future Research

Sep 11, 2020·

Olaf Zawacki-Richter

Dianne Conrad

Aras Bozkurt

Cengiz Hakan Aydin

Svenja Bedenlier

Insung Jung

Joachim Stöter

George Veletsianos

Lisa Marie Blaschke

Melissa Bond

Andrea Broens

Elisa Bruhn

Carina Dolch

Marco Kalz

Yasar Kondakci

Victoria Marin

Kerstin Mayrberger

Wolfgang Müskens

Som Naidu

Adnan Qayyum

Jennifer Roberts

Albert Sangrà

Frank Senyo Loglo

Patricia J. Slagter van Tryon

Junhong Xiao

Michael Kerres

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Abstract

This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education. After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations, the topics of open and distance learning, international education issues in open education, open educational practices and scholarship, open educational resources, MOOCs, prior learning accreditation and recognition, and learner characteristics are considered, following the framework of macro, meso, and micro levels of research in open and distance learning. Implications for future research at the macro, meso, and micro levels are then provided.

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The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(3), 319-334

Zawacki-Richter, O., Conrad, D., Bozkurt, A., Aydin, C. H., Bedenlier, S., Jung, I., Stöter, J., Veletsianos, G., Blaschke, L. M., Bond, M., Broens, A., Bruhn, E., Dolch, C., Kalz, M., Kerres, M., Kondakci, Y., Marin, V., Mayrberger, K., Müskens, W., Naidu, S., Qayyum, A., Roberts, J., Sangrà, A., Loglo, F. S., Slagter van Tryon, P. J., & Xiao, J. (2020). Elements of Open Education: An Invitation to Future Research . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(3), 319-334. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i3.4659