neo1980 Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 MIT OCW Pilot Opens to the Public on September 30th OCW plans to publish our first wave of courses on September 30, 2002. Sample courses will be included from the following academic departments: Anthropology Biology Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil and Environmental Engineering Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Economics Electrical Engineering and Computer Science History Linguistics and Philosophy Management Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Ocean Engineering Political Science Urban Studies and Planning The opening of these courses represents a continuation of the early pilot of OCW?s long-term effort. We expect OCW content to become deeper and richer over time. We invite you to return on September 30th, when we will welcome your feedback. MIT is going to put all of thier education material for the public to access for free online for life, it is still in beta and will be looking for feedback from users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Does this mean I can go to college for free, just study computer science, and do it from home? lol :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1980 Posted September 24, 2002 Author Share Posted September 24, 2002 it means they are going to publish all thier books and all thier courses on the internet , the tution fee will remain.:) but the reference of going to library and all that...buying books will be free on the internet. they are trying to convince all ivy league schools to include thier data on this project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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