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?

Nominations for the 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence (OEAwards) closed July 31, 2025 with 196 seeds of recognition planted! This has been a very bountiful year for the OEAwards. The nominations are being prepared to be sent to the 30 members of the OEAwards Review Committee who help narrow the list to the ones that will be shared as the Shortlist of finalists in late September.

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? This will be shared and celebrated in October in a live webcast announcement event.

Stay tuned here for updates or see more details in the timeline and announcements for the 2025 OEAwards.

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nominations have been submitted for 2025!

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.

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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

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