(CBS News) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University are teaming up to bring education to anyone who has an Internet connection. The prestigeous universities will launch a $60 ...

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MIT is moving all classes online and expecting undergraduate students to move out of their dormitories by Tuesday, as universities throughout New England step up their efforts to contain the spread of ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA6ELdIRkRU&w=640&h=360] Distance learners rejoice! Harvard University and MIT jointly announced their new non-profit edX ...

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.

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 ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been home to a number of poker-related courses over the years, and now a handful of lectures from one of them are available to watch for free online as ...

Stephen Conway works independently at Mass Bay Community College in a computer science course designed in conjunction with online learning from MIT. Such online courses are beginning to level 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.

MIT has announced that all large classes with more than 150 students will go online starting on Tuesday, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The university expects the change to impact ...

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 ...