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openSAP is a platform for massive open online courses, or MOOCs. It is provided by SAP and hosted at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany. Everyone can enroll in openSAP courses, which are provided free of charge.

While the MOOC concept is already quite popular in academia, SAP is one of the first companies to adopt it for business-related training purposes. Other than traditional e-learning formats, openSAP courses return to tried and trusted classroom concepts and transfer them to an online medium in the following way:

  • Courses have a defined duration (typically six weeks) to which students need to adhere
  • Courses are based on lectures (delivery through video), supporting material (slide decks, handouts), and self-tests.
  • Students need to submit homework on a weekly basis and adhere to deadlines. The homework is graded and contributes to the points required to receive a statement of accomplishment.
  • Students can discuss the course content in an online forum.
  • Courses end with a final exam.

The average duration of the video lectures is 90 minutes per week. Combined with additional self-study and homework, the average effort required to complete an openSAP course successfully is four to six hours per week. This makes it easy for students to combine courses with their other responsibilities.


The first openSAP course

The first openSAP course, Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA, was held from May 27 through July 15, 2013. Here are some key metrics on openSAP’s first course: (Reference: https://open.sap.com/blog/hana1-key-metrics/)

The course was held from May 27 through July 15, 2013.
  • 18,033 learners were enrolled on day 1 of the course.
  • When the final exam ended, this number had increased to 40,386.
  • 15,748 learners actively participated in the course.
  • 10,795 learners took the final exam.
  • 9,383 graded records of achievement were issued.
  • 500,000 video lectures were watched.
  • 500,000 self-tests were conducted.
  • 70,000 assignments were submitted.
  • 5,500 posts were created in the discussion forum.
  • 9,879 cloud-based SAP HANA instances were deployed by the course participants.
  • 160 private discussion groups were created by participants on openSAP.
  • 3 local meet-up sessions were organized by course participants in Walldorf, Bangalore, and Sofia.
  • 16 % of the course participants came from SAP.
  • The female to male ratio of course participants was 1:5.

The second openSAP course

The second course, Introduction to Mobile Solution Development for the Enterprise, started on September 9th, 2013.

Future openSAP courses

There are three upcoming openSAP courses:


See also

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