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The Open University (OU) is a public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. [7] [8] [9] The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere in ...

开放大学（The Open University，简称OU），是一所英国公立研究型大学，1969年在英国王室特许令批准下成立，有权颁授本科及研究生学位。

远程教育已经很普遍了。 英国开放大学已经有50岁了，可以说是远程教育的开拓者和佼佼者。从50年前就开始做远程教育，现在更是将远程教育做到极致，一直以来都有超高的学生满意度。

开放大学（英語： Open University ，香港作公開大學，台湾作空中大學），是英國的遙距教育 大學，於1969年建立，1971年1月招收第一批學生。 該大學大部分的學生是住在英國的，但也有來自 歐洲 其他地方、 非洲 和 遠東 的學生。

The Open University warmly welcomes students from Europe and across the world and currently has more than 10,000 students studying for qualifications from outside the UK. Would you like to benefit from a UK qualification, wherever you are in the world?