TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blessinger,Patrick
AU  - Bliss,T.J.
ED  - Open Book Publishers,
TI  - Open education: international persepectives in higher education 
SN  - 9781783742806
PB  - Open Book Publishers
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Educational sociology
KW  - Right to education
N1  - Available through Open Book Publishers; Includes bibliographical references and index.; 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.; Open access resource providing free access
N2  - "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.
UR  - http://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0103
UR  - http://www.openbookpublishers.com/shopimages/products/cover/531 
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