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The Battle for Open: Did Free Knowledge Win, or Was It Hijacked?

Open education, open access, and open source were meant to democratize knowledge for everyone. But what happens when the very idea of openness gets co-opted by commercial giants? In 'The Battle for Open: How open education won and how it lost', Martin Weller—Professor of Educational Technology at The Open University and an internationally recognized pioneer in digital scholarship—explores the critical tipping point of the open movement. While openness successfully entered the mainstream, it now faces the risk of losing its original purpose to corporate interests and institutional branding. Explore the defining struggle over who controls the future of education, research, and digital freedom.