MIT's OpenCourseWare Program

Kent Simon writes "Many people may not know that MIT has initiated OpenCourseWare, an initiative to share all of their educational resources with the public. This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free, open, and available. It's a great resource for people looking to improve their knowledge of our world. OpenCourseWare should prove exceptionally beneficial to those who may not be able to afford the quality of education offered at a school like MIT. Here's a link to all currently available courses. It is expected that by the end of the year every course offered at MIT will be available on the OpenCourseWare site, including lecture notes, homework assignments, and exams. OpenCourseWare is not offered to replace collegiate education, but rather to spread knowledge freely."

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Other Free Courses/courseware?

[lecithin]

Here is a link for HP's free classes:

http://h30187.www3.hp.com/

Who has more?

awesome.

[User 956]

This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free, open, and available. It's a great resource for people looking to improve their knowledge of our world.

I'm going to combine this with my OpenGrading program. I predict a 4.0 this semester.

Real /. readers have been aware since 2002... ;-)

[Lord Satri]

"Many people may not know that MIT has initiated OpenCourseWare [...]"

MIT OpenCourseWare Now Online
On September 30th, 2002 with 179 comments

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Re:Don't miss the best part: remixing

[chriss]

So your point is that going to university forces you to learn the material and that is why it's better?

Somewhat simplified, but basically: yes.

Get some self discipline.

Great idea, why did I never think of that? Or why didn't billions of other people not simply get some self discipline? Not only would it solve all the problems of our educational systems, it would also rid us of smokers and obese people in no time. I'm actually in the educational business and the big problem is motivation, not access to information. Ever bought a language course on books and CDs? They are flying of the shelves, yet almost nobody (besides the people that already have hardcore self discipline) learns a language with these.

Should you actually have a solution how (or even where) someone can "Get some self discipline", patent it and get rich within seconds. A large part of human kind has been looking for a working solution for centuries. And as a hint: Just do it, Stop whining, Turn on your brain or You only have to really want to are no the solution.

Berkley online classes/lectures

[lecithin]

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/index.php