开环大学(Open-loop university)模式是斯坦福大学首先提出的改革设想,强调学生的自主学习和教师的引导作用,在学制上采取灵活的弹性学制。开环大学模式在办学理念上秉持开放、灵活、终身、优质,与我国的开放大学宗旨相一致,其在学制和教学方式上的改革也对我国开放大学的转型升级具有借鉴意义。 Open-loop university model is the first reform proposal put forward by Stanford University, emphasizing the autonomous learning of teachers and teachers’ guiding role in adopting a flexible and flexible academic system. The Open University model is open, flexible, lifelong and of high quality in the philosophy of running a school. It is consistent with the purpose of our country’s open university. Its reform in terms of academic system and teaching methods is also of reference to the transformation and upgrading of China’s open universities.