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OpenLearn is online learning that is open to anyone, anywhere in the world using materials taken from Open University courses. And it is completely free to use! Instead of attending classes, you study online in the LearningSpace, using materials that have been specially designed for distance learning.

OpenLearn is an opportunity for informal study - in your own time access materials in areas familiar or new to you, without the pressure of keeping to a timetable or sitting exams. Instead, assess your own progress by keeping an online learning journal, discussing the topics with other online learners in forums and completing self assessment exercises where you control when the answer is revealed.

While OpenLearn isn't exactly the same as studying at University, it gives real learning experiences taken from degree courses - and for free!

OpenLearn does not:

  • require you to be or become an Open University student
  • grant degrees or award credits
  • provide access to the services available to students registered on Open University courses, such as tutorial support

For further information please visit http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn

Briefing document (200 words) issued 21 Jun 2007

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