The one VIII edition of the International Workshop Open Education during the pandemic took place for the first time online, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, with Pis 1,100 participants from dozens of localities in Romania, Europe and the USA, 16 international speakers, dozens of topics of interest, information and results of the latest research, hundreds of questions and messages, in a interactive session broadcast live, simultaneously on 3 platforms, for more than 6 hours. The event, held within Open education week was dedicated this year to open education during the pandemic, in the context in which Under the uncertainty of the last year, for many actors in the field of education, free access to knowledge, open education, open educational resources, and especially collaboration between individuals and institutions have become the "engine" for integrating digitalization and digital transformation. the most rigid and traditional education systems in the world.