OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning is 5. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Open Distance and e-Learning: Ethiopian Doctoral Students’ Satisfaction with Support Services	63
Book Note: The Hidden Curriculum of Online Learning: Understanding Social Justice through Critical Pedagogy	31
Predicting Online Learners’ Performance Through Ontologies: A Systematic Literature Review	28
Book Review: The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education	27
What We Talk About When We Talk About Virtual Learning Environments	27
Distance Education Practices During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Comparison of Belgium, Japan, Spain, and Türkiye	23
Exploring Online Physical Education Teaching: What Have We Done and What Have We Learnt?	22
Undergraduate Learning Gains and Learning Efficiency in a Focused Open Education Resource	21
Threats and Opportunities of Students’ Use Of AI-Integrated Technology (ChatGPT) in Online Higher Education: Saudi Arabian Educational Technologists’ Perspectives	20
Book Review: Metaphors of Ed Tech, authored by Martin Weller (AU Press, 2022)	19
Educational Technology Undergraduates’ Performance in a Distance Learning Course Using Three Courseware Formats	18
Doing Open Science in a Research-Based Seminar: Students’ Positioning Towards Openness in Higher Education	15
The Tensions Between Student Dropout and Flexibility in Learning Design: The Voices of Professors in Open Online Higher Education	13
Teacher Perspective on MOOC Evaluation and Competency-Based Open Learning	13
Informal Practices of Localizing Open Educational Resources in Ghana	12
Decoding Video Logs: Unveiling Student Engagement Patterns in Lecture Capture Videos	12
Bibliometric Insights Into the Open Education Landscape	12
Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Bibliometric Study on Its Role in Transforming Teaching and Learning	11
How Are We Doing with Open Education Practice Initiatives? Applying an Institutional Self-Assessment Tool in Five Higher Education Institutions	11
Collaboration and Ethics in Distance Learning Design	10
Partnering Higher Education and K–12 Institutions in OER: Foundations in Supporting Teacher OER-Enabled Pedagogy	9
Book Review: The Encyclopedia of Female Pioneers in Online Learning, authored by Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark (Routledge, 2022)	9
Can Online Short Courses Foster Business Education for Sustainable Development?	9
Editorial - Volume 24, Issue 1	9
University Students’ Persistence With Technology-Mediated Distance Education: A Response to COVID-19 and Beyond in Zimbabwe	9

A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews on Open Educational Resources: An Analysis of the Legal and Technical Openness	9
An Example of Using Collaborative Online International Learning for Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Courses	8
An Intelligent Nudging System to Guide Online Learners	8
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	8
Marginalization, Technology Access and Study Approaches of Undergraduate Distance Learners during Covid-19 Pandemic in India	8
Navigating the Learning Landscape: Social Cognition and Task-Technology Fit as Predictors for MOOCs Continuance Intention by Sales Professionals	8
Manuscript Selection in a Literature Review: “Free-Full-Text-or-Next” as a New Criterion	8
“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	8
Design and Validation of the Virtual Classroom Management Questionnaire A Case Study: Iran	7
Editorial - Volume 26, Issue 1	7
Strengthening Policies for Education, Innovation, and Digitization Through Teacher Training: Evaluating ProFuturo’s Open Model in Ecuador	7
Editorial - Volume 25, Issue 1	7
Scrutinizing Learning Management Systems in Practice: An Applied Time Series Research in Higher Education	7
Discrepancies and Similarities Between Online and Face-to-Face Teachers’ Use of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Teaching Purposes	7
Editorial - Volume 23, Issue 2	7
What Motivates Students About Open Pedagogy? Motivational Regulation Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory	7
AI in Online-Learning Research: Visualizing and Interpreting the Journal Publications from 1997 to 2019	6
Potentials and Implications of ChatGPT for ESL Writing Instruction	6
Unleashing Adult Learners’ Numeracy Agency Through Self-Determined Online Professional Development	6
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)	6
Book Review: Participant Experience in an Inquiry-Based Massive Open Online Course, authored by Nathaniel Ostashewski and Martha Cleveland-Innes (Commonwealth of Learning, 2022)	6
AI for Teachers: An Open Textbook—Artificial Intelligence for and by Teachers (2nd edition), by Colin de la Higuera and Jotsna Iyer (Erasmus+, 2024)	6
A Case Study on How Distance Education May Inform Post-Pandemic University Teaching	5
Understanding the Relationship Among Self-efficacy, Utility Value, and the Community of Inquiry Framework in Preservice Teacher Education	5
The Impact of OER’s Continuous Improvement Cycles on Students’ Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the RISE Framework	5
Open Education and Alternative Digital Credentials in Europe	5
Teacher- Versus AI-Generated (Poe Application) Corrective Feedback and Language Learners’ Writing Anxiety, Complexity, Fluency, and Accuracy	5
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	5
Development of the Online Course Overload Indicator and the Student Mental Fatigue Survey	5
What If It’s All an Illusion? To What Extent Can We Rely on Self-Reported Data in Open, Online, and Distance Education Systems?	5
Educational Processes and Learning at Home During COVID-19: Parents’ Experiences with Distance Education	5
Developing a Conceptual Model of Self-Directed Learning in Virtual Environments for Medical Sciences Students	5
The Online PhD Experience: A Qualitative Systematic Review	5
Is My MOOC Learner-Centric? A Framework for Formative Evaluation of MOOC Pedagogy	5