Open CourseWare

Key Resource, February 2009

Open CourseWare is an open and free publication of formal higher education course materials through the Internet. Open Course materials may consist of syllabi, lecture notes, readings, assignments, exams and lecture videos or audios, including pod casting. In general, materials provided through Open CourseWare Websites may only be used for non-profit educational purposes, but as long as this is the case, the materials may be freely used, copied, distributed, translated and edited.

At the moment, there is growing momentum among higher education institutions to participate in the Open CourseWare movement. Below follows a list of available Open CourseWare sources. It should be noted that this list is non-exhaustive, and The Observatory welcomes information on new and additional sources.

 

Australia

University of Southern Queensland OpenCourseWare

 

Austria

Klagenfurt University OpenCourseWare

 

Brazil

Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV Online

 

Canada

Capilano University OpenCourseWare

 

Chile

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Chile OpenCourseWare

 

China

China Open Resources for Education

 

Colombia

Universidad Icesi OpenCourseWare

Universidad Nacional de Colombia OpenCourseWare (under development)

 

France

Grenoble Ecôle de Management OpenCourseWare

ParisTech Graduate School OpenCourseWare

 

Iran

OpenCourseWare Iran

 

Japan

Doshisha University OpenCourseWare

Hokkaido University OpenCourseWare

Japan OpenCourseWare Consortium (approximately a quarter of the courseware is provided in English)

Keio University OpenCourseWare

Kyoto University OpenCourseWare

Kyushu University OpenCourseWare

Nagoya University OpenCourseWare (under development)

Osaka University OpenCourseWare

Ritsumeikan University OpenCourseWare

Tokyo Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare

Tsukuba University OpenCourseWare

United Nations University OpenCourseWare, a Tokyo-based institution that develops OpenCourseWare in co-operation with a range of partner universities

University of Tokyo OpenCourseWare

Waseda University OpenCourseWare

 

Mexico

Universidad de Monterry OpenCourseWare

 

The Netherlands

Delft University of Technology OpenCourseWare

Open University Netherlands

 

Spain

OpenCourseWare Universia

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Allicante OpenCourseWare (under development)

Universidad de Cantabria OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Granada OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Huelva OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Navarra OpenCourseWare

Universidad de Sevilla OpenCourseWare

Universidad Internacional de Andalucia OpenCourseWare (under development)

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia OpenCourseWare

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid OpenCourseWare

Universidade de Santiago de Compostella OpenCourseWare

Universitat de Girona OpenCourseWare

Universitat de Valéncia OpenCourseWare

Universitat Jaume I OpenCourseWare

 

Taiwan

Aletheia University Matou Campus Open CourseWare

National Chiao Tung University OpenCourseWare

Taipei Medical University OpenCourseWare

 

Thailand

Thailand Cyber University OpenCourseWare

 

Turkey

Middle East Technical University OpenCourseWare

Turkish OpenCourseWare Consortium

 

United Kingdom

The Open University OpenCourseWare

Peoples Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni)

University of Nottingham OpenCourseWare

 

United States of America

College of Eastern Utah OpenCourseWare

Connexions

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health OpenCourseWare

MIT OpenCourseWare

Michigan State University OpenCourseWare

The Sofia Project, an open content initiative launched by the US-based Foothill - De Anza Community College District

Tufts University OpenCourseWare

University of Alaska Fairbanks OpenCourseWare (under development)

University of California, Irvine OpenCourseWare

University of Massachusetts Boston OpenCourseWare

Universty of Michigan OpenCourseWare (under development)

University of Notre Dame OpenCourseWare

Utah State University OpenCourseWare

 

Vietnam

Fulbright Economics Teaching Program OpenCourseWare

Vietnam OpenCourseWare

 

Further information on OpenCourseWare is available from:

The Centre for Open and Sustainable Learning, which has information available to help higher education institutions evaluate whether OpenCourseWare is helpful for them, and details on how to start developing OpenCourseWare and the intellectual property issues related to it.

The OpenCourseWare Consortium