ABSTRACT
'Open education' suggests, by metaphorical extension, a removal of obstacles so that the benefits of education are available to everyone. We think of open doors; the barrier no longer hinders movement forwards, the things beyond are not hidden, and one may pass through easily and freely. In the case of education, openness is to those things that make the experience of being human as good and as rich as possible, so that all our children might have life and have it more abundantly.
