Brian Carey Goodwin (25 March 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University, a public distance learning and research university, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education, as a founder of which two subjects?
theoretical biology and biomathematics
Open University
The Open University (OU) is a public distance learning and research university, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education.
 The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based throughout the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus; many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can also be studied anywhere in the world.
 There are also a number of full-time postgraduate research students based on the 48-hectare university campus where they use the OU facilities for research, as well as more than 1000 members of academic and research staff and over 2500 administrative, operational and support staff.
Brian Goodwin
Brian Carey Goodwin (25 March 1931 – 15 July 2009) was a Canadian mathematician and biologist, a Professor Emeritus at the Open University and a founder of theoretical biology and biomathematics.
 He introduced the use of complex systems and generative models in developmental biology.
 He suggested that a reductionist view of nature fails to explain complex features, controversially proposing the "fringe" structuralist theory that morphogenetic fields might substitute for natural selection in driving evolution.
 He was also a visible member of the Third Culture movement.
Hellenic Open University
The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο) was founded in 1992 in Patras and it is the only distance learning university in Greece.
 Modelled on the British Open University, the Hellenic Open University was established to fill an important gap for open and distance education in the higher education system of the Hellenic Republic, in response to the growing demand for continuing education and lifelong learning.
 It is the first and only Higher Education Institution in Greece that provides open and distance education at undergraduate, postgraduate as well as PhD level.
 Placing great emphasis on research, the HOU promotes research programmes aiming towards the development of methodologies and corresponding high technologies for open and distance learning. Open University of Cyprus
The Open University of Cyprus (OUC; Greek: Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου in Greek), in Lefkosia (Nicosia), is the only distance learning university in Cyprus.
 Modelled on the British Open University, the Open University of Cyprus was established to fill an important gap for open and distance education in the higher education system of the Republic of Cyprus, in response to the growing demand for continuing education and lifelong learning.
 It is the first and only Higher Education Institution in Cyprus that provides open and distance education at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
 Placing great emphasis on research, the OUC promotes research programmes aiming towards the development of methodologies and corresponding high technologies for open and distance learning. Peter Rawlings
Peter Rawlings (born 18 June 1951) was Professor of English and American Literature and formerly Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education University of the West of England.
 Born and raised in Hull, Rawlings left school at fifteen without any qualifications.
 He worked as a clerk and then as a stock controller, studying for 'A' levels by distance learning.
 He embarked on an Open University course, gaining a first class honours degree in Humanities, while simultaneously completing a degree in English Language and Literature at the University of Hull, for which he also gained a first.
 His doctorate was at Cambridge University where his specialism was "Henry James and the Discourse of Organicism".
 He later completed an MA in Education Management at the Open University.
 He has held teaching posts at North East Surrey College, Kyushu University in Japan where he was Associate Professor of English, before joining UWE in 2000.
 His teaching specialisms are American literature, nineteenth-century fiction and Shakespeare. University of the Philippines Open University
The University of the Philippines Open University (also referred to as UPOU, UP Open University, or UP OpenU) is a public research university and distance learning institution headquartered in the town of Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
 It was established on February 23, 1995 as the fifth constituent university of the University of the Philippines System.
 Its mandate is to provide education opportunities to individuals aspiring for higher education and improved qualifications but were unable to take advantage of traditional modes of education because of personal and professional obligations.
 It is mandated by Republic Act No. 10650, also known as the Open and Distance Learning Act of 2014 to assist the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on their open distance learning functions. National Open University
National Open University (NOU; ) is an open university in Luzhou District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
 National Open University was established on August 1, 1986 along the lines of Great Britain's Open University.
 Although National Open University originally had entrance examinations, they were later abolished in 1997.
 Classes were originally conducted over a dedicated radio station, and television channel and internet classroom were later added.
 Today, National Open University is a full-service, distance learning university fully accredited by the Taiwanese government, and has an annual enrollment of 35,000 students. Michael G. Moore
Dr. Michael Grahame Moore is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education at the Pennsylvania State University.
 He is known for his major contributions to the field of distance education.
 In 1972, he published his first statement of distance learning theory, which asserted that "distance education is not simply a geographical separation of learners and teachers, but, more importantly, is a pedagogical concept" [1].
 Half a century of study, teaching, experimentation and advocacy of distance education justifies a claim that he is the founder of contemporary online education, a claim supported by his inclusion as among the 128 “most important, innovative, influential, innovative and interesting thinkers on education of all time” by Routledge’s Encyclopedia of Educational Thinkers [2].
 He was inducted into the Adult Education Hall of Fame in 2013 and, into the United States Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame in 2002.
 Honorary appointments include Cambridge University, U.K., Shanghai Open University, China, University del Salvador, Argentina, and Honorary Doctorates at University of Guadalajara Mexico and Athabasca University, Canada. Distance Education Council
Distance Education Council (DEC) was an organisation based in New Delhi, India responsible for the promotion and coordination of the open university and distance education system and for determination of its standards in India.
 The Council was constituted under the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act (1985).
 Its consistent with the duty of the University that takes all such steps as it may deem fit for the promotion of the Open University and distance education systems in the educational pattern of the country and for the coordination and determination of standards of teaching, evaluation & research in such systems; and in pursuance of the objects of the University to encourage greater flexibility, diversity, accessibility, mobility and innovation in education at the University level by making full use of the latest scientific knowledge and new educational technology, and to further cooperation between the existing Universities.
 It is considered necessary and expedient to establish a Distance Education Council as an authority of the University under Section 16 of the Act. Library science education in India
Library science education in India has existed since the late 19th century.
 During the post-independence period, library-science education gained momentum with the assistance of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and UNESCO, and is centered at the university level.
 Library and information science (LIS) increased in popularity during the early 1990s with the establishment of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
 In addition to the IGNOU, several of the 13 state open universities provide LIS programmes.
 U.P Rajarshi Tandon Open University (UPRTOU) in Allahabad offers LIS degree programs through distance learning at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral level.
 Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University established in 1982 is offering BLISc, MLIS, M.Phil.
 & Ph.D.
 Programmes in Library Sciences.