This free 6-weeks course focus on Open Science for researchers. In this course, you will learn the objectives, main concepts, and benefits of Open Science principles along with practices for open data management and open data sharing.

You can become a more visible, effective and impactful researcher by sharing your research data and publications openly.

Since research increasingly relies on software which is used to model and simulate, and to deal with the ever growing volume of research data, the course will also introduce FAIR software practices.

You'll learn to establish links between publications, data, software and methods, how to attach a persistent identifier and metadata to your results, and methods for clarifying usage rights. You will also discover ways to apply these principles to your daily research and adapt existing routines. Finally, you'll uncover potential barriers to sharing research and discuss possible solutions.

This course will help you grasp the key principles of Open Science, with answers to questions like:

• How can researchers effectively store, manage, and share research data?
• What kinds of open access publishing are most effective?
• How can researchers increase the visibility and impact of their research?
• How can the use of social media contribute to the visibility and impact of research?
• How can researchers be acknowledged for the research software they write?

You will apply the topics of the course to a variety of case studies on Open Science adoption, which you will then discuss among fellow students. You will also be presented with a hands-on guide to publishing your research with open access. This will help you to apply Open Science principles in your daily work. It will enable you to implement and benefit from the Open Science policies that are currently being developed by governments and research institutions.

This course is aimed at professionals. Those who will see the most benefit include academic researchers at different levels: PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and professors; researchers working for governments; researchers working for commercial enterprises; MSc and BSc students interested to learn about the principles of Open Science.

Read the full Syllabus of the course.

The MOOC was developed by TU Delft Library together with the TU Delft Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management and with ICT-Innovation. The course is open to anyone and is completely free, so please forward this e-mail to all people in your network who might be interested.

The development of this course is supported by the VRE4EIC project with funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme.