Open Knowledge

Description

This MOOC deals with the different features of the open contents. It starts by retracing the open movement’s genesis and explores its different aspects. First, it presents open source software as the starting signal of the open movement , then it continues with the presentation of open educational resources, open access and open data. The MOOC explores the open licenses that underpin the open movement. It also examines the open innovation and ends by explaining the economic rationales behind the freeness of several open contents. Specifically the MOOC explains how the platform markets (multisided markets) allow having zero prices.

What you’ll learn

At the end of this course, learners should be able to:

Understand the different facets of open knowledge resources

Find and access different types of open resources

Objectively choose between available open licenses

Holistically understand the nature of open knowledge and its different drivers, applications and differentiations