Scholarly Communication and Open Access: Courses
All things open related to Scholarly Communication and Open Access content.
OER's
Open educational resources (OER) are learning and teaching materials, freely available online for anyone to use. Examples include full courses, course modules, lectures, games, teaching materials and assignments. They can take the form of text, images, audio, video and may even be interactive.
Teachers, learners and the general public can access and make use of open educational resources, irrespective of their location or affiliation with any particular institution. Open educational resources are shared via the websites of education providers and through public services like i-Tunes U, SlideShare, YouTube and Jorum.
MOOC News
- Coursera, Publisher Pilot Offers Licensed Content to MOOC StudentsBeginning May 8, [2013] instructors providing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) via Coursera will have the option to supplement their video lectures with content from major academic publishers Cengage Learning, Macmillan Higher Education, Oxford University Press, SAGE Publications,and Wiley, at no cost to their students.
Self-Paced Courses
- Saylor"Free and open courses on your schedule." Includes OER materials.