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Get a Free MIT Education

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-i-get-an-honorary-degree-instead dept.

dhollm writes "Well, at least the course materials will be online, for free, for all. The article gives a brief description of the program (evidently costing MIT $100M over 10 years) and the key drivers behind it. So start reading up!"

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  1. Re:Nice, but $100 million? by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, I don't mean to denigrate the entire idea. It just seems like they're taking credit for something they already do. Did I mention that each week, I take out the trash? That's keeping the world cleaner! Call me Mr. Environmentalist!

    Well then, you've successfully learned the first computer science lesson now taught by MIT: Garbage In, Garbage Out.

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  2. Re:Where is the $100M coming from? by tomknight · · Score: 4, Funny
    If I were you, I'd get a happy shiny feeling out of that. But then, I'm not a selfish jerk.



    Tom.

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