{"id":5163,"date":"2020-07-02T05:14:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/?page_id=5163"},"modified":"2020-07-02T05:14:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T05:14:19","slug":"how-oeru-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/oeru-orientation\/how-oeru-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How OERu works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:OERu-logo-acronym.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OERu-logo-acronym.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/OERu-logo-acronym.png\/320px-OERu-logo-acronym.png\" width=\"320\" height=\"130\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Are you wondering what the OERu is all about?\n<\/p>\n<p>Well here&#8217;s an introduction to how we work.<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Global_sharing._Affordable_learning.\">Global sharing. Affordable learning.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The OER universitas (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\">OERu<\/a>) is an international network of innovative higher education institutions inspired by the vision of opening access to a credible, high-quality, and affordable education to learners around the world. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/oeru-partners\/\">OERu partners<\/a> offer free online courses assembled from OER and provide affordable ways to gain credit towards qualifications from recognised institutions.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"How_OERu_works\">How OERu works<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The OERu assembles open online courses from OER and open access materials designed for independent study. Learners can study OERu courses online for free from anywhere in the world. Learners only pay for assessment, if and when they are ready for it. OERu partner institutions award transcript credit for assessed learning. Consult the &#8220;About&#8221; and &#8220;Assessment&#8221; pages of the respective course sites for information on which partners provide assessment services for the courses you are studying.\n<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below for an introduction to OERu.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks floatleft\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560px\" height=\"315px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F4q3CjOQARI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.015 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.017 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 56\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 312\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 170\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 61\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:182873-0!*!*!!*!2!* and timestamp 20200702033816 and revision id 1039823\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/oeru-orientation\/overview\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/support\/oeru-orientation\/oeru-learning-environment\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you wondering what the OERu is all about? Well here&#8217;s an introduction to how we work. Global sharing. Affordable learning. The OER universitas (OERu) is an international network of innovative higher education institutions inspired by the vision of opening access to a credible, high-quality, and affordable education to learners around the world. 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