MITx online course goes live

MIT news reveals.

More than 90 000 people have signed up for the experimental prototype course since registration opened in February, and those students can now begin their studies.

“This is an exciting day,” said MIT Provost L. Rafael Reif, who has led a concerted MIT effort over the past four years to investigate the educational possibilities afforded by online technologies, and who has led the establishment of MITx.

“MITx is designed to allow MIT students and faculty to explore ways to use technology to augment the MIT education: We are eager to see how MITx courses can add even greater value to our traditional, time-tested approach to teaching. MITx will also offer MIT teaching to people beyond our campus, widening access to education and offering new connections between the Institute and learners around the world.”

The electronics course does not have any entrance requirement or fee, The Hindu reports.

MIT learning materials are already available for free in the public domain in the form of OpenCourseWare. But this course is audited, with a certificate to be issued from the MIT on successful completion.