Peters, Michael A.Deimann, MarkusPeters, Michael A.2017-04-1020162017-04-102016Peters, M. A. (2016). Openness and the Intellectual Commons. In M. Deimann & M. A. Peters (Eds.), The Philosophy of Open Learning: Peer Learning and the Intellectual Commons (Vol. 32, pp. 23–29). Peter Lang.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10993‘Openness’ is one of the central contested values of modern liberal society and falls under different political descriptions. In this chapter I employ ‘openness’ to signal and introduce a new spatialization, interconnectivity, mobility, personalization and globalization of learning and education.9application/pdfen© 2016 Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., New York. Used with permission.Chapter in Book