%0 Book Section %A Wiley, David A. %A Green, Cable %D 2012 %E Oblinger, Diana. G. %G eng %I EDUCAUSE Publications %K textbooks %K open teaching %K open access %K MOOC %K higher education %P 81-89 %T Why openess in education? %U https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/pub72036.pdf %X In this chapter, we explore a number of ways openness affects the practices of teaching and learning and the motivations behind supporters of these emergent practices. We discuss the three principal influences of openness on education: open educational resources, open access, and open teaching. %8 02/2012 %@ 978-1-933046-00-6