Posted on 01/03/13
Open Praxis released a new journal issue focusing on the concept of openness and its growth and use in higher education. This special issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
This special issue devoted to openness in higher education is the first one in a new stage in the history of Open Praxis. This ICDE publication has been relaunched as a scientific peer-reviewed journal in 2012, and the decision of dedicating the first issue to this topic is not casual.
“Open” is part of the journal title and, thus, a main focus of the publication. Open Praxis is willing to provide an open forum for global collaboration and discussion of issues in the practice of distance and e-learning, focusing on research and innovation on open education and learning. It provides immediate open access to content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Besides this intrinsic motivation within the journal, openness is a key concern in recent times in higher education; experiences such as open access, open educational resources, massive open online courses, etc. are “hot topics”. The purpose of this Open Praxis issue is to contribute to the reflection and analysis on the concept of openness and its growth and use in higher education.
The journal issue or individual articles can be downloaded here.
