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The Impact of Open Education on Student Retention
Why students stay in or leave a course or degree, and where open educational materials might plausibly help, with honest limits on what the evidence shows.
Learners and Teachers
Retention and Completion
Why students stay, finish and succeed, and what costs have to do with it.
Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Open Education on Student Success
How textbook and course costs can affect whether students keep going, what the evidence does and does not show, and how to read claims about open materials.
Free to Learn: The Impact of Open Education on Student Success
What may change in study habits and results when course materials are free from the first day, and why the effect is hard to separate from other factors.
The Impact of Open Education on Student Retention and Completion
Why completion rates in free and low-cost courses are often low, what the numbers actually measure, and how to read them without drawing the wrong conclusions.
The Impact of Open Education on Student Retention and Graduation Rates
How materials policy might connect to the share of students who finish a degree, why the link is hard to prove, and what to look for in graduation data.
The Impact of Open Education on Student Retention and Success
How staying enrolled and doing well are related but distinct, and which kinds of support tend to help with both, including where open materials fit.
The Impact of Open Education on Student Retention: A Review of the Evidence
How to judge the reliability of retention findings about open education, with the typical weaknesses of these studies and questions to ask of any claim.
The Impact of Open Education on Student Success
What student success can mean beyond grades, which factors shape it, and which of those open education may plausibly touch, with honest limits on the evidence.
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Learners and Teachers What open education means for the people in the classroom. Teacher and Administrator Roles How educators and administrators change their work around open materials. Student Engagement and Motivation How involved and driven learners are when using open resources. Student Outcomes What results are measured for learners and how solid the evidence is. Teacher Burnout and Well-being Workload and wellbeing for teachers who use shared materials. Teacher Professional Growth Training, development and collaboration for teachers. Personalized Open Learning Using open materials to build learning routes around the individual student. Civic and Thinking Skills Critical thinking, global citizenship, culture, lifelong learning and digital literacy gained through open study.