Elements of open education: An invitation to future research

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; Michael Kerres; 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

Elements of open education: An invitation to future research

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
, Michael Kerres
, 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

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Heidelberg University of Education
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University of South Africa
Open University of Catalonia
East Carolina University
Shantou Radio and Television University

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	319-334
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
Volume	21
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2020

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Distance education
Flexible learning
Internationalization
Online learning
Open education
Open educational resources
Open learning

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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., ... Xiao, J. (2020). Elements of open education: An invitation to future research. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 21(3), 319-334.

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