Open education [electronic resource] : international persepectives in higher education / edited by Patrick Blessinger and T.J. Bliss.

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Notes on Contributors -- 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 -- Index.

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"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. A must-read for practitioners, policy-makers, scholars and students in the field of education."--Publisher's website.

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