开放教育:一个有待进一步研究的领域

Elements of open education:an invitation to future research

本文阐述高等教育背景下开放教育的内容。文章首先介绍开放教育的起源及其理论基础,随后根据远程开放学习研究的宏观、中观和微观层次框架讨论远程开放学习、开放教育实践、开放学术、开放教育资源、慕课、先前学习认定、学习者特征和开放教育国际化等主题的内容。最后从宏观、中观和微观层面提出今后的研究方向。

This paper explores elements of open education within the context of higher education.After an introduction to the origins of open education and its theoretical foundations,the topics of open and distance learning,international education issues in open education,open educational practices and scholarship,open educational resources,MOOCs,prior learning accreditation and recognition,and learner characteristics are considered,following the framework of macro,meso,and micro levels of research in open and distance learning.Implications for future research at the macro,meso,and micro levels are then provided.