By Rhett Allain, Wired
What is MITx? Here are all the details from MIT. Let me just point out some key aspects.
- Free. Free as in “Grab a brew. Don’t cost nothin.”
- This is not just course materials (like the Open Courseware Project). It also includes online learning tools. I guess if you think of Open Courseware as a textbook, MITx would be the whole class.
- Oh, and open source learning tools.
There will be some type of MIT-based certificate based on student mastery. It isn’t quite clear yet, but the announcements does say “mastery” and it does not say “grades”. This could be a great opportunity to move away from grades.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/mit-online-courses-what-does-it-mean/
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