Moreover, the teaching that takes place in open learning is on a one to one basis. Thus the prospect of studying with others is not there. This may sound as being boring to some people who may want learning to be a communal exercise. The prospect of discussion and pointing out flaws in each others arguments is not there in open learning which might be missed by some managers. In fact the prospect of learning alone is belittled greatly by some managers who think that management is a greatly communal practice and hardly takes place on its own. Hence any learning that goes along with it must also be a communal practice (Billsberry 2000).
The fact that learning takes place alone also has disadvantages as far as the skill development goes. When managers are learning in a communal setting like in role-playing or in classroom learning or even case studies, there is a lot interaction involved among the members of the group, this may take place through groups discussions, one on one communication, presentations, etc. This develops the communication skills of the participants, something which is very crucial as far as the business environments goes. In fact, communication is said to be one of the most important tools as far as management development goes. However the development of this tool is missing from the open learning exercise and thus this is one of the greatest drawbacks of the method.
此外，教学发生在开放的学习是一个基础一一。因此，研究前景与其他人是不存在。这听起来可能是无聊的人谁想要学习是一个公共运动。前景的讨论，指出缺陷，在每个人的论点是没有在开放的学习可能会错过一些经理。事实上，前景是轻视学习了一些管理人员认为，管理是一个很大的公共实践和几乎是自己。因此，任何学习都随着它也必须是一个公共实践（比尔斯贝利2000）。
事实上，需要学习的地方，本身也有缺点就技能发展。当管理者的学习在社区设置在角色扮演或在课堂学习或个案研究，有很多的互动参与成员之间的群体，这可能需要通过小组讨论，一对一通信，介绍，等。这一发展的沟通技能的参与者，这是非常重要的据商业环境中去。事实上，通信被认为是最重要的工具之一，至于管理发展。然而，此工具的发展是从失踪开放学习运动，因此这是一个最大的缺点的方法。
