MIT is taking perhaps its biggest step yet to combine free online classes with its traditional on-campus instruction. The university announced Wednesday at its Solve conference that it will allow ...

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn't count toward a degree. That's about to change.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled its first prototype course that will be available on its new MITx platform. The electronics course '6.002x: Circuits and Electronics', ...

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Think you can hack it at MIT? If so, the world-renowned university is willing to give you a new kind of credential to prove it. Not a full-fledged diploma – that’s still a possibility only for the ...

People now buy songs, not albums. They read articles, not newspapers. So why not mix and match learning “modules” rather than lock into 12-week university courses? People now buy songs, not albums.

All classes are free and open to the public. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc. As colleges and universities begin the academic year, many are offering courses covering what experts know so far about the Covid-19 ...

With all the resources available to Harvard students, it can be easy to forget that Harvard is not the only world-class institution in Cambridge. Just a mile down Massachusetts Avenue, or two stops ...

Do you enjoy online poker and dream of an education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? That’s now possible after the prestigious university recently announced two poker courses offered as ...

In 2017, people flocked to online classes about artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and data analytics. In 2018, expect more of the same, say leading online-education providers Codecademy, ...

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