2025 Open Education Awards for Excellence

OEGlobal’s Recognition Program

Since 2011 the Open Education Awards for Excellence (OEAwards) have highlighted 254 outstanding contributions in the Open Education community, honoring exemplary leaders, distinctive Open Educational Resources, and Open Practices from around the world. The OEAwards are organized by OEGlobal.

What’s Happening?

The shortlist of finalists was published on September 30 – see the 16 individuals, the 16 open assets, and the 16 open practices that are listed.

We continue to celebrate all nominees who you can review and learn more about from our full roster of 196 nominations – all have been issued digital certificates for this honor.

Who inspires your open education journey? Which open education assets or resources should be recognized for excellence? And what are the exceptional ways in which open education is implemented? The 2025 OEAward winners will announced October 17 as a live webcast which also marks the closing of the OEGlobal 2025 Tour.

Connect

Learn about the OEAwards, discuss the process, know more about the categories, and interact with previous winners.

Hall of Fame

Explore our archive of 254 OEAward winners from 2011 onwards. Discover over a decade of exceptional accomplishments by the open education community.

Woman smiling in front of a book shelve

Stories of Impact

Hear from previous OEAward winners about how winning this recognition has impacted their work in open education.

Listen to all podcast episodes featuring OEAward winners

Who deserves recognition? Share!

Use the #OEAwards hashtag • Connect with @oeglobal on the platforms you use!