{"id":1115498,"date":"2024-06-18T07:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?page_id=1115498"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:06:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T03:06:50","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/faq","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1037168\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2007\/11\/31115026\/OC_FB-Cover-Mobile-and-Desktop-1.png\" alt width=\"828\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2007\/11\/31115026\/OC_FB-Cover-Mobile-and-Desktop-1.png 828w, https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2007\/11\/31115026\/OC_FB-Cover-Mobile-and-Desktop-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2007\/11\/31115026\/OC_FB-Cover-Mobile-and-Desktop-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn8.openculture.com\/2007\/11\/31115026\/OC_FB-Cover-Mobile-and-Desktop-1-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Open Culture\u2019s Mis\u00adsion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Found\u00aded in 2006, Open Cul\u00adture brings togeth\u00ader high-qual\u00adi\u00adty cul\u00adtur\u00adal &amp; edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal media for the world\u00adwide life\u00adlong learn\u00ading com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Web 2.0 has giv\u00aden us great amounts of intel\u00adli\u00adgent audio and video. It\u2019s all free. It\u2019s all enrich\u00ading. But it\u2019s also scat\u00adtered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mis\u00adsion is to cen\u00adtral\u00adize this con\u00adtent, curate it, and give you access to this high qual\u00adi\u00adty con\u00adtent when\u00adev\u00ader and wher\u00adev\u00ader you want it. Some of our major resource col\u00adlec\u00adtions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freeonlinecourses\">1,700 Free Online Cours\u00ades from Top Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freeaudiobooks\">1,000 Free Audio Books: Down\u00adload Great Books for Free<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/free_ebooks\">800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kin\u00addle &amp; Oth\u00ader Devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freelanguagelessons\">Learn 46 Lan\u00adguages Online for Free: Span\u00adish, Chi\u00adnese, Eng\u00adlish &amp; More<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How Can I Con\u00adtact Open Cul\u00adture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to drop us a line at <span data-original-string=\"AP5aXG9avuKLBBHZZOFjlw==0bc2+dKBusC0NdSVSg1MdzGaEnLUqo8z+jeIdDVkiaR96g=\" class=\"apbct-email-encoder\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\">ma<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*********<\/span>re.com<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do You Have a Copy\u00adright Pol\u00adi\u00adcy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes and you can find it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103140053mp_\/http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/copyright_policy\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do You Have a Pri\u00adva\u00adcy Pol\u00adi\u00adcy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103140053mp_\/http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/privacy_policy\">read all about it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can I Rec\u00adom\u00admend Mate\u00adri\u00adals to List on Open Cul\u00adture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. If you would like us to add links to rel\u00ade\u00advant parts of our site, you can sug\u00adgest materials\/links via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103140053mp_\/http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/contact\">email<\/a>&nbsp;and we will be hap\u00adpy to review them. Please read over&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103140053mp_\/http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/editorial_tips\">our edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal guide\u00adlines<\/a>&nbsp;and then let us know where you think your mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal should be list\u00aded, and try to pro\u00advide all of the infor\u00adma\u00adtion that will help us list your mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal. For exam\u00adple, if you want us to include a link in one of our pod\u00adcast direc\u00adto\u00adries, please look at the appro\u00adpri\u00adate direc\u00adto\u00adry and include all of the infor\u00adma\u00adtion that we typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly include in our entries.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span id=\"MOOCcredit\">Do The Cours\u00ades Fea\u00adtured Here Give Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Cred\u00adit?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First and fore\u00admost, the MOOCs\/Online cours\u00ades appear\u00ading on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240103140053mp_\/http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/free_certificate_courses\">this page<\/a>&nbsp;some\u00adtimes offer stu\u00addents \u201cstate\u00adments of accom\u00adplish\u00adment\u201d or \u201ccer\u00adtifi\u00adcates of com\u00adple\u00adtion\u201d&nbsp;if they suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly com\u00adplete a giv\u00aden course. How\u00adev\u00ader,&nbsp;most&nbsp;tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties won\u2019t&nbsp;give stu\u00addents cred\u00adit for tak\u00ading the\u00adses online cours\u00ades, and stu\u00addents typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly&nbsp;can\u2019t use these cours\u00ades as a way to sat\u00adis\u00adfy require\u00adments for a degree. It\u2019s con\u00adceiv\u00adable that some schools will give cred\u00adit for these class\u00ades, but you would real\u00adly need to check with the registar\u2019s office at your insti\u00adtu\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<p>Sec\u00adond, we should point out (in case it\u2019s not clear) that Open Cul\u00adture is not the builder\/creator of these cours\u00ades. Our site sim\u00adply high\u00adlights MOOCs\/Online Cours\u00ades cre\u00adat\u00aded by oth\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal ven\u00adtures. 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