Significant changes are taking place in our society and culture, largely driven by the participative, collaborative, and open technologies. These technologies have the potential to dramatically (and quickly) change public expectations of the role of schools in teaching and learning, and we are about to have the largest discussion about education we've had in decades, maybe longer. We can predict several changes to education that are likely to come from these changes, and as we examine the core opportunities and challenges that these changes pose to our current educational systems, we'll discuss a new breed of education "super heroes" emerging from and because of "Open Learning."