One of the Open access journals in education is the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL), founded in 2001 and housed at Indiana University. The journal is published six times a year and its main focus is to provide a forum of education sharing for a community of teacher-scholars. It is peer reviewed and its objective is to publish data- driven articles that are both quantitative and qualitative (literature reviews, case studies, essays…). Its goal is to promote scholarship of teaching and learning of investigations that are supported by theory and evidence based.
The journal promotes an open access policy and states their policy on their website:
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
The journal aims to provide quality information as well as promotes credible information sharing practices. It positions itself in the open access movement by promoting effective practices as well as knowledge base in teaching and learning. Additionally, the aim is to provide free access to knowledge for everyone.