A decade after MIT began to put its teaching materials and lectures online via the OpenCourseWare platform, the university has announced that it will leverage these materials to provide an online ...

It sounds like a Utopian vision - a high-quality, free education for everyone - but that's precisely what MIT and other prestigious universities are doing by participating in the The OpenCourseWare ...

The Mellon Foundation and Hewlett Foundation will provide 11 million dollars in grants to support the new online OpenCourseWare (OCW) program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the ...

Ninety-four percent of MIT students say they have accessed OpenCourseWare. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s free course content has reached 100 million people worldwide, and as U.S.

“What has the impact been of MOOCs on MIT OCW usage?” Matthew Rascoff (@mzrascoff) tweeted earlier this week. It’s a great question. Have massive open online classes spurred more interest in MIT Open ...

When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced an ambitious plan to give away online materials for every course, officials wondered whether other colleges and universities would follow suit.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Many of the students in Rebekka L. Stone’s biology classes hope to become the first in their families to graduate from high school. Some are struggling to master basic English, much less the more ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is making its course materials available to the world for free download. One year after the launch of its pilot program, MIT on Monday quietly published ...

Lectures are often the least educational aspect of college; I know, I’ve taught college seniors and witnessed how little students learn during their four years in higher education. So, while it’s ...