Question 1

Which countries lead Open Education and E-Learning research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (495 and 167 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Open Education and E-Learning research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, University of South Africa publishes the most Open Education and E-Learning research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Leibniz Association.

Question 3

Where is Open Education and E-Learning research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Open Education and E-Learning research in 2022-now are Pretoria (South Africa), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pretoria.

Question 4

Where is the best place to study Open Education and E-Learning?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, University of South Africa, City University of New York and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 5

Is Open Education and E-Learning research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

Question 6

What are the most cited papers in Open Education and E-Learning?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Open Education and E-Learning is "Blended learning: the new normal and emerging technologies" (Charles D. Dziuban, Charles R. Graham, Patsy D. Moskal et al., 2018), with 1,253 citations. Next come "Web Based Knowledge Infrastructures for the Sciences: An Adaptive Document" (1,140) and "The functions of multiple representations" (1,118).