%0 Book Section %C Rio de Janeiro %D 2009 %G eng %I Educação a Distancia: O Estado da Arte %I Pearson Education %K OER %K openness %K higher education %T O Conceito de Abertura em EAD [The concept of openeness in Distance Education] %U http://oro.open.ac.uk/26614/ %X This chapter discusses different interpretations and tendencies of what it means to be an 'open university'. Published in a Brazilian book that won the national award prize for educational titles - Prêmio Jabuti.