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Open Educational Resources (OER)

Adapted from Open educational resources (OER) Guide by UQ Library. We would like to thank UQ Library for letting us use their guide as a template.

Sustainable Development Goals Academy

The SDG Academy creates and curates free massive open online courses and educational materials on sustainable development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

MOOC platforms

A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course freely available to anyone who wants to participate. MOOCs usually:

  • are free
  • have very large class sizes
  • vary in length
  • vary in workload and time commitment

Many, including UQx, offer verified certificates on completion for a small fee.

Leading MOOC providers

These providers have high quality courses but may charge a fee for some courses:

MOOC search engines

Search for MOOCs across platforms:

Find open courses

Open courses, sometimes referred to as OpenCourseWare, are online courses created gratis by Universities.  These are commonly licensed under a Creative Commons Licence. 

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Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International License. Content from this Guide should be attributed to James Cook University Library. This does not apply to images, third party material (seek permission from the original owner) or any logos or insignia belonging to JCU or other bodies, which remain All Rights Reserved.

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