3.1.1 Learning Objectives

Course subject(s) Module 3. Publishing Open Access

In the third week you will grasp the basic concepts of Open Access publishing and familiarizing yourself with the different forms of open access publishing.  The third week of the MOOC consists of 8 video lectures that will introduce you to:

  • open access publishing
  • the Open Access model versus the subscription based model
  • the misconceptions about open access publishing
  • publishing in open access journals
  • open licenses
  • publishing open access in subscription-based journals
  • copyright and subscription-based journals
  • an interview with TU Delft researcher John Allen Pascoe on Open Access publishing

In the third assignment you will reflect on misconceptions of open access publishing, analyse the level of openness of particular journals, find and analyse the levels of openness of journals in your own discipline and share, discuss and compare your findings on the forum.

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