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=== Assessment methods ===
[[File:Robert Hook building at Open University Campus in Milton Keynes, spring 2013 (1).JPG|thumb|[[Robert Hooke]] building at Open University Campus in Milton Keynes]]
Open University modules are often assessed using an equal weighting of examinations and coursework. The coursework component normally takes the form of between two and seven tutor-marked assignments (TMAs), and may also include up to six multiple-choice or "missing word" 10-question interactive computer-marked assignments (iCMAs). The examinable component is usually an invigilated three-hour paper regardless of the size of the module (although on some modules it can be up to three three-hour papers),{{efn|A 60-credit Accounting course has a three-hour paper halfway through the course, and two more three-hour papers at the end}} but an increasing number of modules instead have an EMA (End of Module Assessment) which is similar to a TMA, in that it is completed at home, but is regarded as an exam for grading purposes.

Modules results are sometimes issued on a graded basis, consisting of pass grades 1 (threshold 85%, a distinction), 2 (70–84%), 3 (55–69%) & 4 (40–54%), and fail (below 40%). This grade is calculated as the lower of the overall continuous assessment score (OCAS) and overall examination score (OES).

These grades can be weighted<ref>{{Cite web |title=Working out your class of honours |url=http://www8.open.ac.uk/students/essential-documents/files/essential-docs-pl/file/ecms/web-content/honours-class-working-out.pdf |access-date=2014-04-10 |archive-date=17 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417044708/http://www8.open.ac.uk/students/essential-documents/files/essential-docs-pl/file/ecms/web-content/honours-class-working-out.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> according to their level, and combined to calculate the classification of a degree. An undergraduate degree will weigh level 3 modules twice as much as level 2, and in postgraduate programmes, all M-level modules are equally weighted.