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Straumsheim, Carl

Psychology instructor withdraws book chapter after refusing to add language that he asserts a publisher demanded but he deemed too flattering to the textbook industry.

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Smith, Matthew

Since the early 2000s, there has been an explosion in the usage of the term open, arguably stemming from the advent of networked technologies — including the Internet and mobile technologies. ‘Openness’ seems to ...

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Hofhues, Sandra; Pensel, Sabrina; Ubachs, George; Konings, Lizzie

Overview of papers on enhancement of European Higher Education as presented during the Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education Conference in Rome, October 2016 Current challenges in the formal education system are ...

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Souto-Otero, Manuel; dos Santos, Andreia Inamorato; Shields, Robin; Lažetić, Predrag; et al.

OpenCases is a study which is part of the OpenEdu Project. It is a qualitative study consisting of a review of literature on open education and nine in-depth case studies of higher education institutions, a consortium ...

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Peter, Sandra; Deimann, Markus

In the context of education, “open(ness)” has become the watermark for a fast growing number of learning materials and associated platforms and practices from a variety of institutions and individuals. Open ...

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van der Vaart, Lilian; van Berchum, Marnix; Bruce, Rachel; Burgess, Maureen; et al.

This policy paper from the e-InfraNet project concerns open approaches for the research and higher education communities across the European Research Area (ERA). It has been produced to provide advice and guidance on ...

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Czerniewicz, Laura; Glover, Michael; Deacon, Andrew; Walji, Sukaina

The practices and perceptions of educators formed through the creation and running of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provide a case study of how educators understandings of ‘openness’ change (Beetham et al ...

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Rodriguez, Osvaldo

The last five years have witnessed a hype about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) presaging a revolution in higher education. Although all MOOCs have in common their scale and free access, they have already bifurcated ...

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Farisi, Mohammad Imam

The OER movement originated and integrated into ODE developments. Mega Universities (MUs) are among the most important of ODE providers worldwide should be to be the primary organizations for providing access to OER. So ...

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Dalsgaard, Christian; Thestrup, Klaus; McGreal, Rory; Conrad, Dianne

The objective of the paper is to provide a framework for understanding the pedagogical opportunities of openness in education. The paper will argue that openness in education should not only be viewed as opening ...

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