Open education advocates are on the frontlines of upholding and uplifting knowledge as a public good. The 2026 OEGlobal Conference invites the open community to cultivate new ways of safeguarding knowledge for the benefit of all. With an ethos of experimentation and innovation, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a natural incubator for collaborative initiatives, creative endeavors, and is a place where open innovation is burgeoning and expanding.

We recognize that invention is most powerfully sparked when different perspectives and practices intersect. Therefore, we look forward to a program that integrates the arts and sciences; Indigenous and Western knowledge systems; global and local viewpoints; research-based and lived experiences; and other open movements (open source software, open data, open access, open science) and open education. 

Conference LOCATION

Cambridge, Massachusetts and Online

The hybrid conference will take place in the Samberg Conference Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States and online on October 7-9, 2026. The conference site overlooks the picturesque Charles River.

MIT Open Learning, Open Education Global (OEGlobal), and the Massachusetts Open & Low-Cost Educational Resources Advisory Council (OLERAC) are pleased to co-host OEGlobal 2026. Your co-hosts have a deep commitment to the open ecosystem.

Twenty-five years ago, MIT OpenCourseware (the legacy program of MIT Open Learning) was established, and then in 2008, the OpenCourseWare Consortium was launched, which is now OEGlobal. We are eager to welcome you (back!) to the MIT campus (or online!) in 2026 to mark these milestone anniversaries and the many accomplishments of the open community. 

We welcome the opportunity to invite the global community into this exciting region and intellectual space where the energetic cycle of ideation, invention, failure, and iteration is perpetually buzzing. It is our hope that this culture of unbounded curiosity at MIT, in combination with the contributions of our co-hosts—all leaders transforming open education in our region—will inspire participants to collaborate, invent, experiment, and tap into a deep curiosity that will allow us to collaboratively create a more open and equitable future for the benefit of humanity.

Here’s more to explore!

• MIT Open Learning
• MIT Learn
• Massachusetts Open & Low-Cost Educational Resources Advisory Council (OLERAC)
• Open Education Global (OEGlobal)
• Cambridge, Massachusetts Office for Tourism

Conference CO-Hosts