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MIT OpenCourseWare
In 2001 MIT decided to make course materials freely available online (faculty volunteer). OCW provides course materials (e.g., notes, syllabi, exams), not facilitated online learning experiences like EdX. It costs $10,000-15,000 per course to compile materials and clear IP rights for open licensing. Launched in 2002 with 32 courses, today it includes 2,500+ courses.
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MIT OCW Launches
“MIT … will offer course materials as ingredients of learning that can then be combined with teacher-student interaction somewhere else.” According to the Provost, when course materials are already posted online “it pushes the faculty in the direction of 'How do I best use the contact hours so that people learn?' which is clearly critical.''
- New York Times Announcement