MIT to offer free online classes, certificates...

[Bill Mattocks]

They've been offering free online courses for some time now. I've been a big fan.

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Now MIT has announced they will supplement their free courses next year with certificates of completion. Not college credit, not a degree, not transferable. And there will be some minimal cost for the certificates, I guess. But still designed to keep very high-quality MIT courses available to whomever wants to take them online, plus a certificate of mastery at the end of it. Frankly, I think that would be great for use on a resume, or to file on your employment records with HR, etc. Plus, of course, the benefit of the knowledge itself.

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/mitx-education-initiative-1219.html

Being educated is no guarantee of success. But being ignorant is a pretty good way to stay poor. Just food for thought.

 

[Tez3]

It says it's for everyone around the world, Yay for this!!

 

[Sukerkin]

A most splendid and praise-worthy enterprise. We have the Open University here in the UK, which has done much over the decades for a great many seeking to correct the lack of education from their youth. But that is not free.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

A most splendid and praise-worthy enterprise. We have the Open University here in the UK, which has done much over the decades for a great many seeking to correct the lack of education from their youth. But that is not free.

For Michiganders, we have this also:

http://open.umich.edu/

I've been here nearly five years and didn't know about it until today. I shall be taking advantage of it, though. The MIT courses as well. I was given a promotion at work last week; this will help me along in my new duties.

 

[Big Don]

Good for MIT. Harvard's endowment is over $25 billion
Wouldn't it be nice if they did the same thing...
MIT's endowment is just over $8 Billion.