Open Courses are free and open source digital publications of high quality college and university-level educational materials. These materials are organized as courses, and often include course planning materials and evaluation tools as well as thematic content which can be used to help faculty organize and build their own courses.
Open Courses are free and openly licensed, accessible to anyone, anytime via the internet. Open Courses are typically a publication of the course materials that support the dynamic classroom interactions of an educational institution; it is not a degree-granting or credit-bearing initiative.