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Definition of Open University

1. Noun. A British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school.

Definition of Open University

1. Proper noun. A UK university offering distance learning taught courses, that are open to people without formal academic qualifications, teaching being by correspondence and online with mostly optional tutorials and for some courses compulsory summer schools. Access to postgraduate research is selective and is primarily taught on campus using traditional methods. ¹

2. Proper noun. A similar university in the Netherlands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Open University

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reviews of National Policies for Educationby Centre for Co-operation with Non-members by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (2001)
"The activities of the Open University are organised, co-ordinated and supported by 4 ... The Open University offers a wide range of degree and non-degree ..."

2. E-learning in Tertiary Education: Where Do We Stand? by OECD Staff, SourceOECD (Online service), SourceOECD (2005)
"... Hagen D Platform 2003 UK Open University D Under consideration UCLA Extension D Blackboard Online Campus (moving New 0 to Moodle from ..."

3. Korea by OECD Staff, Organization for Economic Cooperation &, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Organization for Economic Cooperation An, Oecd, Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (1998)
"1n 1993, 20.6 per cent of all undergraduate enrolments in Korean tertiary institutions were in open university programmes ..."

4. Disability in Higher Education by Serge Ebersold, Peter Evans (2003)
"Low-income UK students or students who receive certain benefits can apply for help with fees from the Open University Financial Awards Fund, ..."

5. System Failure: Why Governments Must Learn to Think Differently by Jake Chapman (2004)
"These can be accessed through the following web sites: Open University Systems http://systems.open.ac.uk/page.cfm Open University BBC courses ..."

6. Promoting Adult Learning by Koji Miyamoto (2005)
"Korea also has a National Open University system with 13 interconnected ... Cyber colleges and the Open University system were originally created to cater ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The Open University Visiting academics from Western Europe, mindful of the vast overcrowding with which they must contend in their own institutions, ..."

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