This document discusses open education and new opportunities enabled by emerging technologies. It covers open resources like MOOCs, open courses, open accreditation through peer-to-peer and OER universities. Open research topics include citation indicators, linking research to practice through horizon scanning and more. A pedagogy framework maps learning approaches like problem-based and inquiry-based learning to technologies like virtual worlds, Google, and discussion forums. New metaphors for open learning include ecologies, spaces, memes, and rhizomes. Communities in these open spaces are complex and distributed. Learners and teachers must develop new digital skills to make use of these opportunities.