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MIT free courses

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What We Found

A viral claim says MIT put almost all its courses online for free.

MIT OpenCourseWare offers free materials for about 2,500 courses — a large share, not almost all.

Learners get no credit, no degree, and no instructor through OCW.

It is still a strong free learning resource.

Sources

  1. ocw.mit.edu (opens in new tab)
  2. openlearning.mit.edu (opens in new tab)

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