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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Universities across the Globe Offer Free Open Courseware - TechShout
Over 100 universities worldwide have joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a conglomerate of schools promoting open courseware. Big names such as Johns Hopkins, Tufts and Notre Dame have also stepped in. Almost all MIT courses are now available on the internet for free and its OpenCourseWare website gets over 1 million hits per month, and an additional 500,000 hits to the translated versions. According to MIT, OpenCourseWear costs approx. $20,000 per course. The initiative was kicked off thanks to grants received from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. At present it is run through contributions from MIT’s budget and endowment along with visitor donations.
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