The modality of open education is being adopted strategically to
reduce the deficit of teaching personnel in different areas,
including chemistry. Because of this, educational materials were
developed that aim to collaborate with the General Chemistry
courses for Teaching Certificates in Chemistry, to be offered
through the System of the Brazilian Open University (BOU). For
this purpose, the situation of Education at a Distance (EaD) in
some other countries was initially examined, to evaluate the
dynamics of this teaching modality in universities considered as
references in EaD and to present case studies involving
chemistry. A survey was then carried out for Brazil with
detailed research involving the BOU, where its situation, from
its initial proposal (justification, target public, process of
selection of the courses, etc.) up to the dynamics of the
Centers of Actual Support of Education where the experimental
lessons of chemistry, physics, biology, etc., would be given.
Some studies of cases involving cour