James Glapa-Grossklag

James Glapa-Grossklag is Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (USA). He serves as Technical Assistance Provider for the California Community Colleges' Zero Textbook Cost Degree Program, the largest-ever public investment in OER. He also serves as co-director for the Open for Antiracism program (OFAR).

He is past President of Open Education Global, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, and Directors of Educational Technology in California Higher Education.

James served as a trainer on OER for the US Department of State in the Middle East and North Africa and was Innovation Scholar in Residence at RMIT University in Australia. He also served as was a faculty member in the AAC&U Institute on OER.
He is OER Fellow for the Michelson 20MM Foundation.

In 2018, he was recognized as one of the Top 10 global influencers in OER for the past decade. In 2019, he received the President's Award from Open Education Global for "advancing open education around the world through his exceptional dedication, outstanding contribution, and exemplary service." He held the appointment of Global OER Ambassador for ICDE 2017-21. In 2024, together with Joy Shoemate, he delivered the opening keynote for the Open Ed Conference, entitled Open Education as Resistance.