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Define MIT OpenCourseWare - a Whatis.com definition - see also: OCW, MIT OCW, OpenCourseWare, open courseware (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | OpenCourseWare (OCW) is an educational initiative developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to make the core teaching materials for all MIT graduate and undergraduate classes available at no cost to Internet users around the world. |
 | | MIT President, Charles M. Vest, anticipates that within ten years, lecture notes, course outlines, reading lists and assignments for over 2000 MIT classes will be freely available on the OCW Web site. |
 | | MIT is known for its innovation in collaborative and distance learning projects, including long-distance education and collaborative research programs with the National University University of Singapore and Cambridge University in England. |
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