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Source: www.futurelearn.com
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Starts on June 27, 2016
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Ends on July 3, 2016
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6 sequences
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Level : Introductory
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Environmental Science
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Language : English
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Free access
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18 hours in total
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Gain an understanding of the natural world, how the web of life works, with illustrations from around the world.
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If we don’t grasp why ecosystems function, it becomes harder to determine possible reasons for when they don’t, and makes it difficult to identify possible environmental threats to humans. In this course you will discover how organisms are linked together by complex interrelationships, how such links are studied and how the physical properties of a particular habitat interact with the organisms that inhabit it. Using case studies, you will come to learn how knowledge of ecosystems leads to understanding of their individual importance, and how they can be preserved. All Open University science courses presented on FutureLearn are produced with the kind support of Dangoor Education. Find out more in David Robinson’s post for the FutureLearn blog: “Why learn about ecosystems?”
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- David Robinson
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FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.
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