No EXPANSION TANK REQUIRED -> in open loop systems
...reason being its still part of the open system, and open to the atmosphere. Once you create a closed loop system, that is when you need expansion tanks.
If you heat water in an open loop it will expand (maybe push some water out the overflow port) and everythign is good; in a closed loop system, if you heat the water it tries to expand (...and if you do not have an expansion tank to take up this extra volume) the pressure in the system will increase, potentially to DANGEROUS LEVELS, i.e. KABOOM