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U-NOW: University of Nottingham Open courseWare

U-NOW: University of Nottingham Open courseWare

Reading Marx’s Capital with David Harvey Welcome to MOOC.CA ~ MOOC UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare Open Educational Resources at The Open University The Open University (OU) is a world leader in the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) and several prominent projects have emerged in recent years reflecting our work in this groundbreaking new field of Education. This website is a portal to all the Open University OER projects, current and complete, to showcase our research and good practice which takes place at the University and to link to our own OER output. We aim to provide a coherent view of OER activity at the OU for our staff, our students and the world. Developing learners with OU OER The OU now ensures it provides around 5% of its course materials as free open educational content every year. There have been over 22 million visitors since launch in 2006 There is around 12,000 hours of study materials in 12 subject areas Content includes: 631 study units, educational interactives, topical videos, academic blogs, direct access to OU podcasts and opportunities to order free printed materials

VideoLectures - exchange ideas & share knowledge 10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online See our list of universities that offer free online writing courses. Learn about what courses are available and what topics they cover to find the course that's right for you. Online Writing Courses for Credit Many schools offer free online courses and materials through OpenCourseWare (OCW) projects. For far less than the cost of enrolling in a traditional class, Education Portal offers hundreds of online courses that allow students to start working their way towards real college credit. Conventions in Writing: Usage - Instructors discuss tips for developing clear sentence structures, good diction and a strong writing style.Parts of an Essay - This chapter covers prewriting strategies and methods for organizing an essay. Free Online Non-Credited Writing Courses Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Writing and Reading the Essay focuses on the essay as a popular literary genre. New Jersey Institute of Technology Technical Writing Open University Purdue University University of Iowa

Universities with the Best Free Online Courses -- Education-Port Free online courses are offered by real schools. Learn which courses are available, what topics they cover and which ones lead to real college credit. Online Courses for Credit All of the schools listed below are well-known universities with a variety of free online course offerings. These classes are typically offered as part of an OpenCourseWare (OCW) project. Students who would like access to flexible online learning that can be used to earn college credit might want to consider Education Portal's courses on such areas as business, math, science, foreign languages, the social sciences and humanities. Business 103: Introductory Business Law - Survey the history of American law and the legal system before exploring the ins and outs of contract law, property law, labor law, sales and torts. Free Online Non-Credited Courses Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University offers non-credit courses and materials through its free courseware program, the Open Learning Initiative.

Finding OERs Search engines A number of search engines exist to search Open Educational Resources. These include: DiscoverEd - "Discover the Universe of Open Educational Resources"Jorum - "free learning and teaching resources, created and contributed by teaching staff from UK Further and Higher Education Institutions"OCWFinder - "search, recommend, collaborate, remix"OER Commons - "Find Free-to-Use Teaching and Learning Content from around the World. Dandelion Image CC BY-NC-SA monteregina Wikiversity

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