Nature of Open Educational Research. 

                     
1. They are independent and autonomous bodies taking decisions on introduction ofcourses, offering then and awarding degree/diplomay.
2. They exist for the clientele student- centred/oriented
3. They do not debar a learner on account of lack of formal qualifications.
4. Education is not class-room based but home-based.
5. Students can study according to their own pace and convenience.
6. There are very few rigidities in the choice of courses.
7. They use multi-media including latest information and communication technology(ICT) to deliver courses to their clienteles. They do not depend on the lecturing tutoring.
8.There is a strong student support services network.
9.The study/course material is prepared by a team of experts in different disciplines.The quality of learning material is needed of a very high quality.
10. There is uniformity in the quality of education, i.e. students have access to thesame high quality of education.
11. Novelty of course structure is an important nature of open universities. Here,students are given wider choice of courses because they have a diverse range 0f capacities, age and interests.
12. One of the major characteristics of open universities is the cost-effectivenessere is no necessity of classrooms, fulltime teachers, hostels, playUs, resource rooms, seminar Hall well-equipped laboratories, etc. as studentsents. Rather, they only need of having access to higher education.Thus, education in open university is cost-effective
13. They have councils and senates with slight variations from the regular universities.
14. They follow credit system and also offer general and specialised degrees to the successful students in time.