{"id":308,"date":"2016-03-28T00:29:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T07:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/openedtest\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2016-04-02T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T04:51:19","slug":"open-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/openedresources\/students\/open-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Open courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; global_module=&#8221;289&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#005493&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; padding_mobile=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header global_parent=&#8221;289&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; title=&#8221;Open Educational Resources (OERs)&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Dedicated to the exploration and promotion of OERs &#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;off&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; content_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; image_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_one_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_one_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_button_two=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_use_icon=&#8221;default&#8221; button_two_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_two_on_hover=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\" style=\"font: 14px\/14px 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0px 0px 1.71rem;padding: 0px;border: 0px currentColor;color: #444444;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: #ffffff\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Open courses<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" style=\"font: 14px\/1.7142 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px currentColor;color: #444444;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: #ffffff\"><strong>There are a number of free on-line courses available for students to explore.<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"entry-content\" style=\"font: 14px\/1.7142 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px currentColor;color: #444444;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Coursera <\/u><\/a>Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.<\/li>\n<li class=\"entry-content\" style=\"font: 14px\/1.7142 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px currentColor;color: #444444;text-indent: 0px;letter-spacing: normal;vertical-align: baseline;background-color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u>edX <\/u><\/a>EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world\u2019s best universities. 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