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Distance Learning Glossary Definition (English)
Open Education Defined
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"An imprecisely defined term often used synonymously with distance education and popular in countries that have traditionally had a very closed and elitist higher education system, to indicate relative freedom of access and choice of routes to course completion. Education that is not place-bound; occurring in student's environment. (See Moore & Kearsley, 1996, p. 242)"
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Expert Dictionary: Open Education
