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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.
- MIT OCW
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“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