Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC)

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) are online courses open to everyone. The University of Eastern Finland offers MOOCs free of charge as a flexible way of independently getting to know various disciplines and current themes associated with them.

MOOCs are equally suited for self-improvement and continuous learning as well as for persons whose aim is to complete a degree or study at the Open University.

• Adult Education Promoting Sustainable Development
• Circular economy as a societal change
• European forest bioeconomy
• Introduction to Global Health
• Introduction to remote sensing and geoinformatics
• Landscape Geography and Collaborative Knowledge Creation
• Nature-Based Solutions
• Practical Methods of Chemistry
• The Principles of Digital Pedagogy in Instruction and Teaching
• Processing of UAV remote sensing data with open-source software
• Safe Laboratory Practices
• SHARE-MOOC I: Statistical methods in ageing research with comparative cross-sectional data

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are available via a Moodle-based online learning environment (DigiCampus). Course materials and automated exercises are open to everyone, but tasks that count towards the course grade can be completed only after the student has registered and received the right to study. Depending on the type of course, learning may follow a strict timetable or the students are given freedom to study at their own pace.

MOOCs are part of the University of Eastern Finland’s study programmes, meaning that they are recognised as degree studies and Open University studies. Course materials and public exercises of MOOCs are available to everyone free of charge. However, students who wish to have their completed MOOCs and ECTS credits entered in their student register must enrol at the University of Eastern Finland’s Open University and pay the study fee for the course. For students completing a degree at the University of Eastern Finland and persons who have been granted a continued right to study, the completed courses and ECTS credits will be entered in their study register free of charge.

There are different ways to study the MOOC course:

1. I just want to browse the contents without earning credit points

You can access the Digicampus environment in two ways:

• As a guest: You can browse the course content and materials but cannot complete any assignments, and your progress won't be saved.
• By logging in with your Google account, your home university's Haka login or via Suomi.fi identification: You can complete assignments and carry on where you left off the last time you accessed the course. You do not need to register for the course

The course learning environment can be found in Digicampus.

2. I want to complete the course and earn credit points

• If you want to earn credit points and receive an official transcript of records, register for the course as an Open University student through this page and pay the study fee.
• You will receive further instructions on starting the studies by email after registration.

Please read through the payment and cancellation terms before registering: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi)

3. I am a degree student at UEF or I have an alumni study right

• Please register for the course in Peppi.
• You will receive the credit points free of charge.