Open education [electronic resource] : international perspectives in higher education / Edited by Patrick Blessinger, TJ Bliss.

Foreword / David Wiley Preface / Patrick Blessinger and TJ Bliss 1. Introduction to open education: towards a human rights theory / Patrick Blessinger and TJ Bliss 2. Emancipation through open education: rhetoric or reality? / Andy Lane 3. Technology strategies for open educational resource dissemination / Phil Barker and Lorna M. Campbell 4. Identifying categories of open educational resource users / Martin Weller, Beatriz de los Arcos, Rob Farrow, Rebecca Pitt and Patrick McAndrew 5. Situated learning in open communities: the TED open translation project / Lidia Cámara de la Fuente and Anna Comas-Quinn 6. Educational policy and open educational practice in Australian higher education / Adrian Stagg and Carina Bossu 7. The identified informal learner: recognizing assessed learning in the open / Patrina Law 8. Transformation of teaching and learning in higher education towards open learning arenas : a question of quality / Ebba Ossiannilsson, Zehra Altinay, and Fahriye Altinay 9. Three approaches to open textbook development / Rajiv S. Jhangiani, Arthur G. Green, and John D. Belshaw 10. What does it mean to open education? perspectives on using open educational resources at a US Public University / inda Vanasupa, Amy Wiley, Lizabeth Schlemer, Dana Ospina, Peter Schwartz, Deborah Wilhelm, Catherine Waitinas and Kellie Hall 11. Expanding access to science field-based research techniques for students at a distance through open educational resources / Audeliz Matias, Kevin Woo, and Nathan Whitley-Grassi 12. A practitioner's guide to open educational resources: a case study / Howard Miller 13. Open assessment resources for deeper learning / David Gibson, Dirk Ifenthaler, and Davor Orlic 14. Promoting open science and research in higher education: a Finnish perspective / Ilkka Väänänen and Kati Peltonen 15. Credentials for open learning: scalability and validity / Mika Hoffman and Ruth Olmsted 16. Open education practice at the University of Southern Queensland / Ken Udas, Helen Partridge and Adrian Stagg.

"This insightful collection of essays explores the ways in which open education can democratise access to education for all. It is a rich resource that offers both research and case studies to relate the application of open technologies and approaches in education settings around the world. Global in perspective, this book argues strongly for the value of open education in both the developed and developing worlds. Through a mixture of theoretical and practical approaches, it demonstrates that open education promotes ideals of inclusion, diversity, and social justice to achieve the vision of education as a fundamental human right. A must-read for practitioners, policy-makers, scholars and students in the field of education.