OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Distance Education is 6. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring instructors’ cultural presence in online course design and delivery	47
Beyond design: The systemic nature of distance delivery mode selection	42
From open access to open science—Open education in transition	40
Effects of personal and instructor goals on MOOC continuance intention	39
Deepening the focus on microcredentials—labour market sector relevance, quality and inclusion: a critical commentary	38
Open educational resources as the panacea for the decolonisation of e-learning content in South Africa	26
The online PhD dropout: narratives and meanings of withdrawal	24
Toward building a fair peer recommender to support help-seeking in online learning	23
Addressing the challenging elements of distance education	23
Learning at a distance: recognising remote tutoring as a career	22
A synergistic framework for curricular flexibility in online collaborative learning	20
Does the early bird catch the worm? A large-scale examination of the effects of early participation in online learning	20
Promoting potential through purposeful inclusive assessment for distance learners	19
Universal design in online education: A systematic review	18
Examining online university classrooms through emotion work and feeling currencies	17
Pre-service teachers’ adaptability to blended teaching and its predictors	15
“Welcome to my backyard”: an intersectional approach to inclusive teaching in the asynchronous learning environment	13
Mapping racial justice to online teacher education	13
Photos from home: Integrating lived experience in a remote-learning environment	13
Effectiveness of blended teaching in preservice teacher education: A meta-analysis	13
Inclusive online and distance education for learners with dis/abilities	12
Systemic considerations to support distance education environments	12
Developing an agentic engagement scale in a self-paced MOOC	11
Do online teaching and social presences contribute to motivational growth?	11
Exploring (in)dependent learning in a cross-institutional project about perceptions of learning	11

Leveraging technology for animal anatomy practicals	10
Characterization of approaches to online teaching in distance education courses	10
Explaining technical, social, and discursive participation in online mathematical discussions	10
Temporal-spatial and pedagogical flexibility in distance education	9
Reimagining and reengineering education systems for the post-COVID-19 era	9
Teachers’ motivating styles and students’ agentic engagement in online learning	9
The open master: A new model of transnational higher education	9
Design principles for holistic student formation in online programs	9
The effects of politeness in shaping discourse in online debates	8
Exploring differences between students’ interactions, online presence, and cognitive presence	7
Teachers’ use of mobile devices in suburban under-resourced secondary schools in Nepal	7
Enhancing distance learning with virtual reality: investigating learners’ engagement and outcomes	7
Promoting culturally responsive teaching in online learning: experiences and challenges of instructors and students in higher education	7
Understanding college students’ cognitive engagement in online collaborative problem-solving: A multimodal data analysis	6
Silver linings for learning in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Effects of computer-based mind mapping on students' reflection, cognitive presence, and learning outcomes in an online course	6
Identifying accessibility factors affecting learner inclusion in online university programs	6
Virtual internships in open and distance learning contexts: Improving access, participation, and success for underrepresented students	6
Asynchronous and synchronous remote teaching and academic outcomes during COVID-19	6
A systems perspective on data and analytics for distance education	6
Enhanced learning engagement through teaching presence in online distance education	6