%0	Book
%A	Meiszner, Andreas
%D	2011
%G	eng
%I	Collaborative Creativity Group
%K	policy
%K	OER definition
%K	business case
%P	95
%T	The why and how of open education: With lessons from the openSE and openED project
%U	http://www.oerafrica.org/ResourceDownload.aspx?assetid=2240
%X	This book is an introduction to Open Education (OE), giving practical guidance on the design 
and delivery of OE  courses while wrestling with theoretical considerations of this new and 
emerging domain. Educators are the main targets, but it will also be relevant to policy makers, 
senior education managers and the learning industry as a whole.
The book draws from three sources: first from well-established online learning ecosystems, 
including  Open Source Software communities; second  from  existing Open Courses in 
traditional formal education and related design models such as the Meta-design framework 
(Fischer, 2007); and third from EU funded research and pilot projects: FLOSSCom (2006-
2008), openSE (2009-2011) and openED (2009-2012). This piloting work enabled a thorough 
analysis and modification of assumptions that emerged from sources one and two.
The first chapter provides a brief introduction to the OE field, addressing the question: ‘Why 
Open Education?’. The second chapter presents cases from the openSE and openED projects 
on how  OE might look in practice. Sustainability is as important for  OE  as for traditional 
formal  education, so before joining  any  kind  of OE  venture it is important to have a clear 
understanding  of  how such a venture might be sustained, as  discussed  in  chapter three. 
Theoretical considerations and practical guidance  for the design and delivery of OE  are 
presented in chapter four, ahead of concluding remarks and future prospects in the fifth and 
final chapter. 
This ‘Version 1.0’ of the book is released together with the start of the openED course on 
‘Business and Management Competencies in a Web 2.0 world’, whose second edition begins 
on 26 April 2011. It is also published in parallel with the re-launch of the openSE website, 
which is an OE framework for computer science software engineering. 
A ‘Version 2.0’,  with  more in-depth findings from the openSE and openED projects and 
general improvements, is tentatively scheduled for summer 2012. Anyone interested in coauthoring this ‘Version 2.0’, be it with minor improvements or major extensions, are invited 
to read the editable version of this book at the following link and to correct minor mistakes 
‘on the fly’: www.openEdWorld.net
%8	04/2011
%>	http://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/The Why and How of Open Education.pdf