The Global OER Graduate network is a global network of doctoral students involved in projects, policy development and implementation strategies on open education. At the core of the network are doctoral students whose research projects include a focus on openness in education through, for example, OER, MOOC, open data, open licensing and open access publishing. Around these students is a network of experts, supervisors, mentors and interested parties. The aim of the GO-GN is to both raise the profile of open education research, and offer support for those conducting doctoral research in this area.