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October 16, 2015

For 1st Time, MIT’s Free Online Classes Can Lead to Degree

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By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press

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. In a pilot project announced Wednesday, students will be able to take a semester of free online courses in one of MIT’s graduate programs and then, if they pay a “modest fee” of about $1,500 and pass an exam, they will earn a MicroMaster’s credential, the school said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/1st-time-mits-free-online-classes-carry-credit-34313786

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