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Open UMass Amherst provides a platform for open courses, MOOCs, and community service programs.

On Thursday, February 10, 2022, OPEN UMass was upgraded to Moodle 3.9.

If you are a UMass Amherst student and the course you are looking for is not listed here, it may be hosted on UMass Amherst Moodle in the Cloud or Blackboard Learn.

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    Access to courses is by invitation only. The instructor of the course will send you an enrollment key code. Once you have an enrollment code, follow the steps below to join a course.

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OPEN UMass Unavailable Morning of Saturday, July 18th

by Michele Turre -

Due to a major network modernization upgrade in our data center on Saturday, July 18, 2015, starting at 5:30 a.m. and throughout the morning, OPEN UMass will be unavailable.

If you have concerns about this maintenance or if you are having trouble accessing OPEN UMass after the upgrade, contact IT User Services at 413-545-9400.

For updates during the maintenance period, check the UMass Amherst IT social media pages on Facebook and Twitter. For updates after July 18, 2015, check the IT website at: https://www.umass.edu/it.

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