...David C.L. Lim; Hamidah Mat; Fatimah Yusooff Purpose This purpose of this paper is to explore the future of open universities (OUs), particularly in developing Asia, focusing on the potential risks associated with technological solutionism, or the popular belief that educational problems can...

... – as digital infrastructure is available and modern students are already familiar with it (Stadler et al., 2017). Scholarly communication Distance learning Distance libraries Bibliometrics Distance education Open universities © Leonidas Papachristopoulos 2024 Leonidas...

...Songyan Hou Purpose The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has had a profound impact on education institutions at all levels. Open universities, with their privileged delivery method, have been in an advantageous position. In the earlier stages of the pandemic, they made remarkable contributions...

...Songyan Hou Purpose In 2019, the goal of developing a world-class open university through different stages was put forward by the Open University of China (OUC), which indicated that internationalization for Chinese open universities came to the agenda. However, international activities of open...

... in three Asian open universities (OUs), namely University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Universitas Terbuka (UT), Indonesia and Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative method was employed involving analysis of documents of the three Asian...