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Giving education away for free, MIT-style
The WSJ is running an interesting story a rising trend in elite universities: free education. MITs OpenCourseWare Project was the first of the bunch, but others (like Berkeley, Yale, Bryn Mawr, etc.) are following suit:
Following the lead of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other highly competitive schools, more institutions are posting online everything from lecture notes to sample tests, and even making audio and video files of actual lectures publicly available. The sites attract anywhere from thousands to more than one million unique visitors each month.
The moves – which differ from the distance learning courses that many schools offer for credit and charge for – come as colleges and universities say they want to democratize education, making the best resources available to more people….
More : weblog.infoworld.com
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