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Open Education and the Role of Open-Source Software
How open-source software fits into open education: what the licenses allow, how it differs from open content, and what schools should weigh before adopting it.
Foundations and Future
Open Tools and Standards
Open-source software, open data, standards, badges and courses that support open education.
Open Education and the Role of Open Badges in Supporting Learning
What open badges are, what information a digital badge carries, how it can be verified, and where badges help or fall short as records of learning.
Open Education and the Role of Open Data
A plain explanation of open data: what makes data open, the licenses and formats involved, how education systems and researchers publish it, and its limits.
Open Education and the Role of Open Data in Supporting Learning
How learners and teachers can use open datasets in lessons and projects, with a worked classroom example, practical steps and cautions about quality.
Open Education and the Role of Open Standards in Supporting Learning
Open standards are shared technical rules that let learning tools, courses and records work together. Learn what they are, key examples and why they matter.
Open Education and the Role of Open-Source Educational Software
A survey of openly released software built for teaching and learning, from course and quiz tools to authoring and offline systems, and how to weigh them.
Open Education and the Role of Open-Source Software: A Study of Emerging Trends
Recent trends in how schools and universities adopt open-source tools, what drives the shift, and how to read claims about adoption with sensible caution.
Open Education and the Role of Open-Source Textbooks
How textbooks written and maintained in the open work: plain-text sources, version history, community edits, licenses, translation and quality control.
The Role of MOOCs in Open Education: Opportunities and Challenges
What massive open online courses offer to open education, and the problems that come with them: low completion, uneven quality, cost and access barriers.
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Open Education Models What open education is and how its core ideas work. AI and Open Education How artificial intelligence meets open learning resources. Outcomes and Evidence How the effects of open education are studied and measured. Culture and Ethics The shared habits and moral questions around open learning. Open Scholarship Publishing, research and ownership in an open setting. The Open Education Movement What the movement is, where it came from and where it is heading. Open Research and Innovation Where open education meets open science, open research and open innovation. Platforms and Assessment The technology, platforms and evaluation methods behind open learning. Learning Approaches Teaching and study approaches that open resources make easier to try. Technology and Engagement Tools, games and design choices that shape online learning. Impact Reviews Literature reviews on attainment, policy and quality. Open Resources by Subject Subject by subject reviews of open educational resource collections. Open Resource Landscape Reviews of the state, research and business side of open educational resources. The Power of Open Education The wider promise of open education for learners, classrooms, assessment and community.