Library Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Open Education

Open Courseware

Open Coursewares (OCW) are free and open digital publication of high quality college and university‐level educational materials.
These materials are organized as courses, and often include course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content.
Open Coursewares are free and openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet.

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Open Courseware Platforms

Cambridge courseware	Cambridge courseware is a digital course solution built for personalised learning, ideal for instructor-led courses taught online or on campus. Including all the instructional materials, homework, video, interactive exercises and formative assessments.
MIT OpenCourseWare	A free and open online publication of educational material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum, ranging from introductory to the most advanced graduate courses.

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online educational platforms for free online courses.

However, OER offers flexible sharing through Creative Commons, while MOOCs face stricter copyright limitations.

MOOC Platforms

Coursera	Coursera partners with more than 300 leading universities and companies to bring flexible, affordable, job-relevant online learning to individuals and organizations worldwide.
edX	edX is the online learning platform from world-leading digital education company 2U, Inc. edX was founded by Harvard and MIT.
The Open University - OpenLearn	Produced by The Open University, a world leader in open and distance learning, all OpenLearn courses are free to study.
XuetangX 學堂在綫	XuetangX is a MOOC platform founded by Tsinghua University in 2013, designed for research, interaction and achievement application of the MOE Research Center for Online Education.

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