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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring instructors’ cultural presence in online course design and delivery	33
From open access to open science—Open education in transition	30
Effects of personal and instructor goals on MOOC continuance intention	30
Open educational resources as the panacea for the decolonisation of e-learning content in South Africa	23
Connecting learners to learning at a distance	23
The online PhD dropout: narratives and meanings of withdrawal	23
Learning at a distance: recognising remote tutoring as a career	22
Deepening the focus on microcredentials—labour market sector relevance, quality and inclusion: a critical commentary	20
“Welcome to my backyard”: an intersectional approach to inclusive teaching in the asynchronous learning environment	18
Addressing the challenging elements of distance education	18
Effectiveness of blended teaching in preservice teacher education: A meta-analysis	16
Does the early bird catch the worm? A large-scale examination of the effects of early participation in online learning	16
Pre-service teachers’ adaptability to blended teaching and its predictors	16
Photos from home: Integrating lived experience in a remote-learning environment	16
Promoting potential through purposeful inclusive assessment for distance learners	15
Examining online university classrooms through emotion work and feeling currencies	15
Mapping racial justice to online teacher education	13
Online higher education student engagement: finding flow	11
Universal design in online education: A systematic review	10
Exploring (in)dependent learning in a cross-institutional project about perceptions of learning	10
Leveraging technology for animal anatomy practicals	10
Inclusive online and distance education for learners with dis/abilities	9
Teachers’ motivating styles and students’ agentic engagement in online learning	9
Developing an agentic engagement scale in a self-paced MOOC	9
Explaining technical, social, and discursive participation in online mathematical discussions	9

Characterization of approaches to online teaching in distance education courses	9
Investigating working adult learners’ feedback literacy in online project-based learning: a convergent mixed methods study	8
The open master: A new model of transnational higher education	8
The danger of building walls around scientific knowledge: implications for higher education teaching and learning in the era of open science	8
Do online teaching and social presences contribute to motivational growth?	8
Design principles for holistic student formation in online programs	8
The effects of politeness in shaping discourse in online debates	7
Teachers’ use of mobile devices in suburban under-resourced secondary schools in Nepal	7
Temporal-spatial and pedagogical flexibility in distance education	7
Examining online teaching practices in a K-12 setting	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
Exploring differences between students’ interactions, online presence, and cognitive presence	7
Virtual internships in open and distance learning contexts: Improving access, participation, and success for underrepresented students	6
Silver linings for learning in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Enhanced learning engagement through teaching presence in online distance education	6
How to define, operationalize, and improve quality of online interpersonal interaction in higher education: a scoping review	6
Iterative design of non-disposable assignments for metacognitive development in online-learning	6
Identifying accessibility factors affecting learner inclusion in online university programs	6
Effects of computer-based mind mapping on students' reflection, cognitive presence, and learning outcomes in an online course	6
Understanding college students’ cognitive engagement in online collaborative problem-solving: A multimodal data analysis	6
Course interactivity, college generation status, and learning experiences in online asynchronous courses	6
Asynchronous and synchronous remote teaching and academic outcomes during COVID-19	6
Understanding the role of online teaching assistants in student engagement	6