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Royal Holloway, University of London

Using Open Data for Digital Business

Royal Holloway, University of London via FutureLearn

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Find out how to use Open Data to transform your organisation

Open Data is data that anyone can access, use or share and when used well it can be extremely powerful. It enables businesses, citizens, developers and researchers to harness resources that can make crucial improvements to their communities and the economy. It can also help with the development of new products and services, improve business efficiency and create economic value.

This course provides new insight into the history of Open Data, its pros and cons, business cases and business models related to publishing and using Open Data.

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This course will be of particular interest to those working in digital start-ups, managers in corporations, developers, public sector managers and students.

This is not a technical course, and is introductory in scope. Learners require only curiosity and an open mind.

This course does not require the use of any specialist software or tools.

Taught by

Tom Wainwright

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  • This is a very basic introduction to the management considerations of using Open Data. It's ok for people who haven't had any exposure - but then it is unlikely that they will be taking the course anyway.

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