TY - JOUR
T1 - Elements of open education
T2 - An invitation to future research
AU - Zawacki-Richter, Olaf
AU - Conrad, Dianne
AU - Bozkurt, Aras
AU - Aydin, Cengiz Hakan
AU - Bedenlier, Svenja
AU - Jung, Insung
AU - Stöter, Joachim
AU - Veletsianos, George
AU - Blaschke, Lisa Marie
AU - Bond, Melissa
AU - Broens, Andrea
AU - Bruhn, Elisa
AU - Dolch, Carina
AU - Kalz, Marco
AU - Kerres, Michael
AU - Kondakci, Yasar
AU - Marin, Victoria
AU - Mayrberger, Kerstin
AU - Müskens, Wolfgang
AU - Naidu, Som
AU - Qayyum, Adnan
AU - Roberts, Jennifer
AU - Sangrà, Albert
AU - Loglo, Frank Senyo
AU - van Tryon, Patricia J.Slagter
AU - Xiao, Junhong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Athabasca University.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Distance education
KW - Flexible learning
KW - Internationalization
KW - Online learning
KW - Open education
KW - Open educational resources
KW - Open learning
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M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090964165
SN - 1492-3831
VL - 21
SP - 319
EP - 334
JO - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
JF - International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
IS - 3
ER -