Now MIT plans to release a fresh batch of open online courses—and, for the first time, to offer certificates to outside students who complete them.

I, for one, welcome our new MITx online overlords. What is MITx? Here are all the details from MIT. Let me just point out some key aspects. It isn't quite clear yet, but the announcements does say ...

This year, MIT OCW celebrates its 20th anniversary, presenting a collection of materials from 2,500 courses led by 1,700 faculty members. The materials are used by middle and high school kids, by ...

When he was just 15, the Mongolian wunderkind Battushig Myanganbayar earned a perfect score in MIT’s first massive open online course, or MOOC.

A team at MIT developed case studies designed to more easily hold the attention of big audiences. They include videos and games.

Massively open online courses, or MOOCs are increasingly part of the national conversation about change in higher education, as high-profile institutions such as MIT and Stanford University have anted ...

While College students account for only 96 seats in classes at MIT, more students could be inclined to go the mile down Massachusetts Avenue for classes in the future.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology last week announced an ambitious 10-year plan to make most course materials available for free on the Internet. "MIT OpenCourseWare" will publish lecture ...

John Hart, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor in Contemporary Technology and Mechanical Engineering at MIT, says early education on 3-D printing is the key to helping the technology ...