TL;DR: A wide range of online courses from MIT are available to take for free on edX. It's not a secret, but it feels like it. There's a lot to consider, so we've got you started with a standout ...

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 ...

MIT announced yesterday it intends to make materials for nearly all its courses available through the Internet to the general public—at no charge. The 10-year project, dubbed the MIT OpenCourseWare ...

Shopping week is a time to explore Harvard’s extensive course offerings, but as it turns out, you don’t have to stop at Harvard. Whether you are just curious at the prospect or want to be able to say ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Krishna Rajagopal is a professor of theoretical physics at MIT who studies the very first moments of the newborn Universe. Since 2017, he has been MIT’s Dean for Digital Learning, leading MIT ...

I, for one, welcome our new MITx online overlords. What is MITx? Here are all the details from MIT. Let me just point out some key aspects. It isn't quite clear yet, but the announcements does say ...

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