Challenges for Open Education with Educational Innovation: A Systematic Literature Review

Maria Soledad Ramirez-Montoya
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Maria Soledad Ramirez-Montoya: Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Humanities and Education, Chair, UNESCO-ICDE, Open Educational Movement for Latin America, Monterrey 64849, Mexico

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: Open education can enrich learning environments and support the processes of educational innovation. The objective of this article is to analyze the evidence published about open education in the period 2014–2019 to identify future challenges. We performed a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), identifying 245 articles on the topic of open education in the databases, Web of Science (WOS), and Scopus, from January 2014 to June 2019. We filtered to obtain the most relevant data by applying inclusion, exclusion, and quality criteria. The results yield information on (1) the characteristics of the publications; (2) the methodological trends; (3) the central and transversal dimensions of the topic; and (4) the innovative educational practices that have been implemented. The article concludes with a presentation of the challenges that are linked to coverage, empirical evidence, co-creation, and innovation. The contribution of this research is to add value to the body of knowledge available to trainers, researchers, and decision-makers interested in open education and educational innovation.

Keywords: open education; systematic literature review; challenges; environmental education; educational innovation; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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