Open Source Academy is an independent intitiative for courseware development for Open Source Software. IT Professionals find that course using our materials are an effective way to acquire knowledge on a wide range of Open Source OS software. IT Training organizations like our materials for their clarity and didactic approach while saving on material maintenance cost.

At present OSA has a curriculum aimed at certification for Linux as well as a range of specialist hands-on workshops.

The course material use an approach that is based on real world practical use of the topic but also covers the theories behind the subject. The material was written and reviewed by subject matter experts with years of experience on the job.

All courses have hands-on lab exercises taken from real world scenarios that demonstrate use of the knowledge. The instructor guides students though the exercises. The material has a structure that help to build knowledge gradually and strikes a balance between presentation and hands-on experience.

The courses are distribution independent but are tested on major distributions such as RedHat/Fedora, Suse and Debian/Ubuntu.

Courses are suited for certification with Comptia Linux+, LPI, RedHat and Suse.