Yes, all the courses on CLASS365 are
completely free since they are mostly funded by ERASMUS+. We believe that education should be accessible to all,
regardless of financial constraints.
ERASMUS+ OPEN ACCESS REQUIREMENT FOR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Erasmus+ promotes the open access of project outputs to support learning, teaching, training, and youth work. In particular, Erasmus+ beneficiaries are committed to make any educational resources and tools which are produced in the context of projects supported by the Programme – documents, media, software or other materials freely available for the public under an open license. The materials should be easily accessible and retrievable without cost or limitations, and the open license must allow the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the resource. Such materials are known as ‘Open Educational Resources’ (OER). To achieve this aim, the resources should be uploaded in an editable digital form, on a suitable and openly accessible platform. While Erasmus+ encourages beneficiaries to apply the most open licenses, beneficiaries may choose licenses that impose some limitations, e.g. restrict commercial use by others, or commit others to apply the same license on derivative works, if this is appropriate to the nature of the project and to the type of material, and if it still allows the public to use, reuse, adapt and share the resource.
The open access requirement is obligatory and is without prejudice to the intellectual property rights of the grant beneficiaries
