The term 'open learning' represents approaches that focus on:

Open learning widens access, frees learners from fixed time and place, and offers flexible opportunities to individuals and groups, so Statements 1, 2 and 4 are correct.

Statement 3, learning without any specified curriculum, is wrong because open learning still follows structured curricula and evaluation.

Statement 5, freeing students from any educational load, is wrong since open learning retains academic requirements.

The core idea is flexibility of access and pace, not the removal of standards.

Distance and online modes are common vehicles for open learning.

India's open universities embody this flexible-access philosophy.