The term 'open education' has a variety of meanings, most being based on the idea of creating access to learning opportunities and resources. The term 'fair dealing' is a legal term providing reader rights to use copyright material under certain conditions, analogous to 'fair use' in the U.S. This article finds a lot on common between them and argues "they're rooted in the same values: fairness, accessibility, and a commitment to the public good." I mostly agree with the authors' vision: "Imagine an educational landscape where learners have rich, meaningful choices: open textbooks they can customize and adapt, fair dealing excerpts for highly specialized knowledge, collaborative assignments that contribute to shared knowledge, and community-created resources that reflect the world students live in." Also available: the Open Education Workbook (content is in the menu that runs across the top of the page in hard-to-see dark grey).
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