Introduction to Open Education, Recommendations, and Documents

13. Dimension: Quality

Institutions are responsible for defining and meeting their own goals, practices, and quality standards in open education.

Higher education institutions must be responsible for defining and achieving:

• quality objective of applying open education practices
• quality standards for the design and implementation of open education practices
• quality procedures for their realization and evaluation

Quality standards should cover all levels of open education:

• open educational resources and courses (curriculum design, course design, and course delivery)
• open educational services (support for teachers, researchers, staff, and student support)
• open education management (strategic planning and development) and contribution to society

Institutions can develop their own quality goals, standards, and procedures for open education or adapt existing ones to ensure quality in open education practices.