K4A is a global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in computer science and open education. K4A is a Foundation based in London (2010) with the goal of providing the legacy of the PASCAL2 Network of Excellence (area of Machine Learning), part of this legacy is also the VideoLectures.NET video repository and strong connections in OpenCast Foundation (creating the Matterhorn software) and OpenCourseWare Consortium. The aim of the Foundation is to reduce the current gap between new trends in education, on the one hand, and advanced technologies in artificial intelligence, on the other, with the ultimate goal of securing the future of open education. K4A explores the new and rapidly-changing global trends in higher education, and how intelligent and advanced technologies have influenced and will go on to instigate fundamental changes within traditional higher education systems around the world.