OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	135
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	77
Editorial – Volume 26, Issue 4	68
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	55
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	49
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	46
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	46
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	42
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	40
Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource	35
Innovating Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development: Applying the Community of Inquiry Framework to Digital Learning Platforms	35
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	34
Meta-Analysis of ChatGPT's Influence on Learning Achievement	34
Teacher Perspective on MOOC Evaluation and Competency-Based Open Learning	34
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	34
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	26
Which is Better: E-Book or Printed Book? A Meta-Analysis of Educational Materials in Language Learning	22
Multimodal Engagement and Sentiment Analytics in Health Science Education: A Learning Analytics Framework Integrating AI and Pedagogical Theory	21
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	20
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	18
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	18
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	18
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Study on Its Role in Transforming Teaching and Learning	18
A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	17
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	16

Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	13
Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	13
Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	13
Integrating Community of Inquiry Framework Principles With Flipped Classroom Pedagogy to Enhance Students’ Perceived Presence Sense, Self-Regulated Learning, and Learning Performance in Preservice Tea	12
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	12
Exploring Cognitive Presence in Online Collaborative Knowledge-Building: Structural, Temporal, and Social Perspectives	12
“To Use or Not to Use?” A Mixed-Methods Study on the Determinants of EFL College Learners’ Behavioral Intention to Use AI in the Distributed Learning Context	12
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	12
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	11
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	11
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	11
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	11
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	11
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	10
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	10
Blended Learning Effectiveness and College Students’ Deep Learning Perceptions: The Community of Inquiry Perspective	9
Book Review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World, edited by Sanjaya Mishra and Santosh Panda (Routledge, 2025)	9
Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning: Strategies for Enhancing Instruction and Instructor Effectiveness, edited by Joellen E. Coryell, Lisa M. Baumgartner, and Jeremy W. Bohonos (Routledge, 2024)	9
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	9
AI for Teachers: An Open Textbook—Artificial Intelligence for and by Teachers (2nd edition), by Colin de la Higuera and Jotsna Iyer (Erasmus+, 2024)	9
A Case Study of the Your Educational Path Digital Education Ecosystem in Crisis Contexts: AI, Mental Health, and Equity in Ukraine	9
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	9
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	8
The Answerthis.io AI App Looks at My Interaction Equivalency Theory	8
Can Artificial Intelligence Give a Hand to Open and Distributed Learning? A Probe into the State of Undergraduate Students’ Academic Emotions and Test Anxiety in Learning via ChatGPT	8
Editorial - Volume 27, Issue 2	8
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	8
AI as a Pedagogical Scaffold: Enhancing English as a Foreign Language Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking in a Distributed Learning Environment	8
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	8
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	8
What If It’s All an Illusion? To What Extent Can We Rely on Self-Reported Data in Open, Online, and Distance Education Systems?	7
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	7
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 4	7
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	7
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	7
Exploring the Digital Divide in Open Education: A Comparative Analysis of Undergraduate Students	6
Impact of Simulation-Based Learning on Learning Loss Among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study	6
Exploring the Relationship Among Preservice Teachers’ E-Learning Readiness, Learning Engagement, and Learning Performance in HyFlex Learning Environments	6
Is My MOOC Learner-Centric? A Framework for Formative Evaluation of MOOC Pedagogy	6
MOOCs as a Research Agenda: Changes Over Time	5
Centering Cultural Knowledge in TPACK— Evidence From a Collaborative Online International Learning Collaboration	5
The Impact of Switching Intention of Teachers’ Online Teaching in the COVID-19 Era: The Perspective of Push-Pull-Mooring	5
Student Engagement, Community of Inquiry, and Transactional Distance in Online Learning Environments: A Stepwise Multiple Linear Regression Analysis	5
The Impact of a Learning Analytics Based Feedback System on Students’ Academic Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning in a Flipped Classroom	5
What are the indicators of Student Engagement in Learning Management Systems? A Systematized Review of the Literature	5
Enhancing Online Teaching of Business Statistics: A Pedagogy Before Technology Approach	5
Using Low-immersive Virtual Reality in Online Learning: Field Notes from Environmental Management Education	5
Contextualizing E-Learning Experiences With Indigenous Communities: A Practical, Research-Based Approach	5
Towards Quality Assurance in MOOCs: A Comprehensive Review and Micro-Level Framework	4
Book Review: Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice, edited by Tiffani Tijerina (University of North Georgia Press, 2024)	4

Addressing the Resource-Based View: Determinants That Drive Chinese Universities to Offer MOOCs	4
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 4	4
Socio-Demographical Variables as Predictors of Academic Self-Directedness	4
Translating and Validating the Community of Inquiry Survey Instrument in Brazil	4
Effects of Using the WhatsApp Application on Iranian Intermediate EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning and Autonomy	4
Automatic Classification of Online Learner Reviews Via Fine-Tuned BERTs	4
Facilitating Students’ Emotional Engagement in Synchronous Online Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	4
Evaluating AI-Personalized Learning Interventions in Distance Education	4
Book Review: Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption, edited by Sungsup Ra, Shanti Jagannathan, and Rupert Maclean (Springer, 2021)	4
Identifying Pedagogical Design and Implementation of Synchronous Virtual Classrooms	4
The Metaphor of AI in Writing in English: A Reflection on EFL Learners’ Motivation to Write, Enjoyment of Writing, Academic Buoyancy, and Academic Success in Writing	4
AI Application (ChatGPT) and Saudi Arabian Primary School Students’ Autonomy in Online Classes: Exploring Students and Teachers’ Perceptions	4
Extracting Course Features and Learner Profiling for Course Recommendation Systems: A Comprehensive Literature Review	3
Online Learning and Opera: The Rise in Digital Vocal Master Classes and Workshops	3
SCOPE of Open Education: A New Framework for Research	3
Microphones on Unmute: Perceived Online English-Speaking Anxiety of Non-Native EFL Educators	3
OXREF: Open XR for Education Framework	3
Critical Issues in Open and Distance Education Research	3
Exploring the Potential of Generative AI for Academic Support in Open and Distance Learning: A Case Study of Learner Experiences	3
The Effects of Educational Artificial Intelligence-Powered Applications on Teachers’ Perceived Autonomy, Professional Development for Online Teaching, and Digital Burnout	3
Analyzing Middle School Students’ Distance Education Experiences in COVID-19 via Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling	3
Flipped Classroom Combined With Group Awareness	3
Trauma-Informed Education in Open Online Courses: Lessons from Teacher Continuous Professional Development During COVID-19	3
Role of AI in Blended Learning: A Systematic Literature Review	3
Report Review – ICDE OERAC: Open Science, Open Educational Resources, and Open Innovation	3
Quality Criteria for Online Courses Development	3
Book Review: Teaching in a Digital Age: Guidelines for Designing Teaching and Learning–Third Edition, authored by Anthony William (Tony) Bates (Tony Bates Associates Ltd., 2022)	2
Assessment of Learner Engagement and Expert Evaluations of AI-Generated Versus Human-Created Interactive Content in an Online Course	2
Mobile Learning in Mathematics: Benefits, Challenges, Strategies, and Proponents’ and Opponents’ Views	2
Comparative Effectiveness of Approaches to Students’ Labour Education in Universities in the New Era With the Use of Information Technologies	2
The Landscape of MOOC Platforms Worldwide	2
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 4	2
Bringing Artificial Intelligence Literacy Into Online Education: Machine-Learning Integration Through Geometry in K–12 Teacher Professional Development	2
Technology Enabling the New Normal: How Students Respond to Classes	2
Open Textbook Author Journeys: Internal Conversations and Cycles of Time	2
Analyzing Learning Sentiments on a MOOC Discussion Forum Through Epistemic Network Analysis	2
Tutors’ Perspectives of Advancing Distance Learning Programs: A Comprehensive Understanding	2
Predicting Online Learning Success Based on Learners’ Perceptions: The Integration of the Information System Success Model and the Security Triangle Framework	2
Comparing Academic and Non-Academic Support Services: Mechanisms Impacting Academic Performance	2
Emergency Online Learning: The Effects of Interactional, Motivational, Self-Regulatory, and Situational Factors on Learning Outcomes and Continuation Intentions	2
How Instructors’ TPACK Developed During Emergency Remote Teaching: Evidence From Instructors in Faculties of Education	2
Creating an Open Online Educational Resource to Support Learners as They Navigate Their Studies Alongside Work and/or Family	2
Measuring the Impact of an Open Educational Resource and Library e-Resource Adoption Program Using the COUP Framework	2
Empowering Asynchronous Arabic Language Learning Through PDF Hyperlink Media	2