Registration is now open for the first MITx class, an interactive online version of an introductory electrical engineering course. The class will be free, although receiving a certificate of ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ended 2011 with a grand announcement: It would broadcast massive, open online courses — equal in rigor to its on-campus offerings — to tens of thousands of ...

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 ...

“These sequences are an opportunity for MIT to both explore how subjects can be addressed in depth through the MOOC format and to better understand student interest in various types of certification,” ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that registration has opened for its first online course through MITx, its new online spin-off devoted to offering “interactive” online versions ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. Each school has committed $30 million to support edX. A yet ...

MIT has been doing online access to education a lot longer than most people, largely due to their invaluable OpenCourseWare project. (Here’s an interview MIT did with me last year on how OCW strongly ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology just announced the first course offering in their new online classes program. Great news, it’s an analog design course which is right up our alley. The ...

Today, my colleagues and I from the HarvardX and MITx research teams released a new report: HarvardX and MITx: Two Years of Open Online Courses Fall 2012-Summer 2014. In it we present key findings ...