Description:
The Handbook of Open Universities Around the World is the first collection to provide a comprehensive and critical overview of open universities internationally.
Review Quotes:
"This is a most comprehensive coverage of the state of open universities world-wide at the present time. As well as many excellent overall and regional overviews, the book contains detailed analysis of 47 open universities from around the world [and] is essential reading for anyone with an interest in open learning and in increasing access to higher education."
--Tony Bates, President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd and Research Associate with Contact North, Ontario's Distance Education & Training Network
"If you want a single-volume compendium that maps the field, identifies the big debates, and points to areas for future study and leadership attention, this handbook provides just that. Mishra and Panda have given the ODL community an influential resource: one that answers major empirical questions and --by raising harder ones --helps set the agenda for the next decade of research and practice in open higher education."
-Roberts, J. (2026). Book Review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World. Journal of Learning for Development, 13(1), 205-208. https: //doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v13i1.2836
"The Handbook of Open Universities Around the World, edited by Sanjaya Mishra and Santosh Panda, offers both a panoramic survey and a reflective critique of what openness truly means in higher education today. Drawing together insights from more than 100 scholars and practitioners, the editors have curated an extraordinary compilation that maps the histories, organizational structures, and innovations of 47 open universities across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The result is not only a celebration of institutional achievement but also an invitation to confront difficult questions about equity, sustainability, and the future of open learning."
-Belawati, T. (2026). Book Review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World, edited by Sanjaya Mishra and Santosh Panda (Routledge, 2025). The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 27(1), 199-203. https: //doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v27i1.9358