Open Courseware Provider League Table

Open Courseware (OCW) is a term used for core teaching materials used in graduate and undergraduate university classes made openly available online by universities at no cost. Open Courseware may include text-based documents, audio and video files, lecture notes, podcasts etc
The league table not only reflects the quality of the materials on offer, but also a number of other factors such as Assessment, Accreditation and the user experience.


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Rank 2016PlatformNº Courses
Weight factor: 1

Quantity of courses offered:

1 = less than 30 courses
2 = 30 to 49 courses
3 = 50 to 99 courses
4 = 100 to 500 courses
5 = more than 500
Institution
Weight factor: 3

Quality & standing of the institution providing the courses:

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Course Format
Weight factor: 1

How well the courses are structured to facilitate learning:

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Materials
Weight factor: 2

Quality of materials used to deliver the courses – videos, tutorials, e-books etc:

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Instruction
Weight factor: 3

Quality of the instruction provided (content & delivery):

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Assessment
Weight factor: 1

Provision & Quality of quizzes, assignments & feedback:

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Accreditation
Weight factor: 2

Awarding & recognition of certificates/credits:

1 = None
2 = Progress Tracking
3 = Statement of Accomplishment
4 = Verified Certificate
5 = Credits
 		Social Tools & Features
Weight factor: 2

Provision & quality of tools & features to facilitate social interaction with peers and staff (user profiles, forums etc):

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Interface usability
Weight factor: 1

Quality of the interface & ease of navigation around the site:

1 = Very poor
2 = Poor
3 = OK
4 = Good
5 = Excellent
 		Overall
Weighted average of all the ratings
1OpenLearn
Best for: Higher education Students, General Interest
Subjects: Arts & Humanities, Sciences, Technology, Social Sciences, Business & Finance, Languages, Education, Sport
Type of learning: Academic
Course type: Mostly Self-paced free courses.
Languages: English
Certification: Statement of Participation
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
5445433444.00
2UC Irvine OpenCourseWare
Best for: Higher Education Students, Faculty, General Interest
Subjects: Arts, Biological Sciences, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Humanities, Physical Sciences, Social Ecology, Social Sciences
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free courseware
Languages: English
Certification: In some cases, credit can be gained (fees apply)
Learning pathways: Yes
Mobile Apps: No
4444445153.81
3JHSPHOPENcourseware
Best for: Higher education students & faculty, Professionals, General interest
Subjects: Public Health & Medical Sciences
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free courseware
Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
4544441343.69
4Gresham College
Best for: Higher education students & faculty, General interest
Subjects: Art & Literature, Business, History, Law, Mathematics, Medical Science, Music, Politics, Religion, Science and Unusual
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free lectures
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: Yes
5545411253.63
5Open.Michigan
Best for: Higher education students & faculty, General interest
Subjects:Literature, Science, Health & Medicine, Arts, Engineering, Business
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free open courseware
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
4544441153.50
6MIT OpenCourseWare
Best for: Higher Education Students, High School students, Teachers, General interest
Subjects: Business, Energy, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health and Medicine, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Society, Teaching and Education
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free open courseware
Languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish, Portuguese, Persian, Korean
Certification: No
Learning pathways: Curriculum guide
Mobile Apps: No
5544441133.44
6The Open Learning Initiative (OLI)
Best for: Higher Education students & teachers
Subjects: Argument Diagramming, Sciences, Languages, Engineering Statics, Logic, Media Programming, Probability, Statistics, Speech, Statistical Reasoning, and others.
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free open courseware
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
1544442233.44
7Harvard@Home
Best for: Higher education students & faculty, General interest
Subjects: Arts, social sciences, history, current affairs, literature, science, mathematics
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free open courseware
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
3534531133.38
8Webcast.berkeley
Best for: Higher Education students & educators
Subjects: Webcasts on biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, history, health, political science, sociology and statistics.
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Free self-paced webcasts
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
4544411143.25
9Open Yale Courses
Best for: Higher Education students, High School Students, Educators, General interest
Subjects: Humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Free self-paced courses
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
2544411143.13
10Tufts Open Courseware
Best for: Higher Education Students, General Interest
Subjects: Health & Medicine, Arts & Sciences, Engineering, International Relations
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free courseware
Languages: English
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
3433441143.00
11 Open Education Consortium
Best for: Higher Education students, Professionals, General interest
Subjects: Academic Support Services, Arts, Business, Education, Humanities, Mathematics, Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Workforce development
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Free self-paced courses
Languages: Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
5433321132.75
12UMass Boston Open Courseware
Best for: Higher Education Students, Educators, General Interest
Subjects: Sciences, Communications, Computer Science, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Mathematics, Education
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free courseware
Languages: English, Spanish Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
2332431132.50
13Utah State Open Courseware
Best for: Faculty, Higher Education Students, General Interest
Subjects: Health & Medicine, Arts & Sciences, Engineering, International Relations
Type of learning: Academic, General Interest
Course type: Self-paced free courseware
Languages: English Certification: No
Learning pathways: No
Mobile Apps: No
3323331132.44


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