MIT OpenCourseWare

MIT OpenCourseWare: Free, Open-Access Platform for MIT Courses

A free online platform publishing materials from over 2,400 MIT courses, offering access to lecture notes, exams, and videos across MIT's curriculum.

What is MIT OpenCourseWare?

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is an initiative by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to publish nearly all of its course materials online, freely and openly available to anyone, anywhere. MIT OpenCourseWare was launched in 2001 and has published materials from over 2,400 courses across 33 academic disciplines.

The goal of MIT OCW is to provide free access to MIT course content for educators, students, and individual learners around the world. This aligns with MIT's mission of advancing knowledge to serve the nation and the world. MIT OCW does not provide access to MIT faculty or offer degrees or certificates.

The materials published on MIT OCW include lecture notes, assignments, exams, reading lists, tools and simulations, and video lectures. This gives users access to a wide breadth of course content from foundational undergraduate classes to advanced graduate-level courses. Many courses also include complete video lectures given by MIT professors.

MIT OCW can be used for self-learners looking to further their knowledge, educators looking for course content, and current university students looking for supplementary learning materials. It has helped provide course materials to many universities and has served over 200 million learners since its launch.

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