Aims
The Dutch government's purpose in founding the Open Universiteit Nederland was to make higher education accessible to anyone with the necessary aptitudes and interests, regardless of formal qualifications.
The Open Universiteit identifies four further aims:
- to create a cost-effective form of higher education,
- to encourage innovation in Dutch higher education, in terms of both curriculum and teaching methods,
- to reduce the teacher shortage in Dutch primary and secondary schools, and
- to be a recognized player in (commercial) distance and e-learning training programmes and consultancy.
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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