7 Web Sites to Get Free College Class Syllabi
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Open Course Ware is a term given to course material given in an applied environment for virtual learning developed by universities and shared freely over internet. The OCW movement started from the launch of MIT OpenCourseWare at MIT in October 2002. Following other universities also come with their version of Open Course Ware projects. Here is provided a list of websites for open course ware syllabus for the respective subjects.
- Utah State University: This particular syllabus is projected for Department of Mathematics and statistics to delve into newer areas of knowledge for mathematics and statistics and found new direction for mathematical sciences with other disciplines to train new generation of skilled graduates to provide with intellectual skills in mathematics and statistics.
- MIT OpenCourseWare: It is a web based publication of MIT University that is offered to everyone around the world for free. It is a free publication of all the MIT courseware that is provided to all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT. One can have free syllabus on subjects like Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anthropology, Architecture, Athletics, Physical Education, Recreation, Biological Engineering, Biology, chemistry and many other subjects. .
- Waseda University Open Courseware: It is a 120 years old university virtually providing open courseware to promote the practical utilization of knowledge and learning to create the better and good citizens. The courseware for Waseda universities is prepared with close co-operation with Massachusetts Institute of technology. The courseware is further elaboration of courseware to provide free learning worldwide.
- Open Course Ware Capilano University: It is an open courseware initiative on the pattern of Utah State University OpenCourseWare or MIT OpenCourseWare. It is university’s open access collection initiative that is powered by Python, Zope, and Plone, eduCommons is open source software that runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms
- University of Notre Dame Open CourseWare: The courseware for the University of Notre Dame is a power project and is funded by for two years grant by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and is hosted by the Kaneb Center for teaching and Learning. It is a free and open digital publication of course materials.
- Open CourseWare, Korea University: This is the official Open CourseWare site for Korea University and is involved in making course materials available through an open content license. Open CourseWare is different from Distance Education in that it does not offer credits or interaction with professors. The materials on this site are provided by professors who believe in sharing and opening willing to participate in the movement to open and share the contents. The materials provided through this site are free to use and distribute for non-commercial use under CC license.
- Kfupm CourseWare: This open courseware is provided by Kfupm University that is freely available on Internet. This is course is listed by KFUPM to become an active partner in the global and regional interactions of the open sharing of educational resources. Its sole objective is to provide an online platform for showing up KFUPM educational culture and tradition to the world.