"Openness" refers to the characteristics of "open learning" in school teaching.
Open learning not only means that the admission policy is open to the educational objects, but also the various learning resources, learning process and learning organization and management methods that learners need should be flexible and open.
Open learning is student-centered learning, and learners can freely choose professional courses, learning content, learning environment, learning resources, learning methods, learning progress and assessment methods according to their own needs and possibilities.
"Right to run a school independently" refers to a university that is set up independently with the approval of the state, can enroll students independently and issue a diploma of higher education recognized by the state, and specializes in distance education.
Distance teaching represents a relatively free and flexible educational form in teaching time and space, in which educational resources and learning support services are realized in a decentralized environment.
Brief introduction of National Open University:
The National Open University, founded in 1978, is a unit directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and an institution of higher learning with adult education qualification approved by the Ministry of Education.
As of June, 2022, the National Open University consists of 1 headquarters, 45 branch schools and 3,735 learning centers.
The headquarters has four campuses: Wukesong, Fuxingmen, Gong Wei Village and Daxing Weishanzhuang, with a total area of more than 200 mu and a construction area of 6.5438+0.3 million square meters. There are 7 teaching departments, 36 undergraduate majors and 48 specialist majors. Full-time teachers 57 1, full-time teachers 150.
The National Open University is a new university based on the Central Radio and Television University and local radio and television universities, supported by modern information technology, with a three-dimensional network covering all urban and rural areas in the country, facing all members of society and without walls.