Openness and the Future of Higher Education

re-post from Judy Baker @ CCC OER:

A special issue of of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) on openness in education was just published.  Articles include:

Openness, Dynamic Specialization, and the Disaggregated Future of Higher Education by David Wiley, John Hilton III

From Open Content to Open Course Models: Increasing Access and Enabling Global Participation in Higher Education by Tannis Morgan, Stephen Carey

The Impact of Openness on Bridging Educational Digital Divides by Andy Lane

Open Textbook Proof-of-Concept via Connexions by Judy Baker, Joel Thierstein, Kathi Fletcher, Manpreet Kaur, Jonathan Emmons

Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education by Jan Philipp Schmidt, Christine Geith, Stian Håklev, Joel Thierstein

Open Educational Resources: New Possibilities for Change and Sustainability by Norm Friesen

The Technological Dimension of a Massive Open Online Course: The Case of the CCK08 Course Tools by Antonio Fini

Incentives and Disincentives for the Use of OpenCourseWare by Anne M. Arendt, Brett E. Shelton