edX

"edX is a massive open online course platform founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University to offer online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide audience at no charge. The two institutions have each contributed $30 million of resources to the nonprofit project. edX launched in Fall 2012 and builds on MITx, a similar project launched by MIT in December 2011.[2]

The "learning platform" will be developed as open-source software and made available to other institutions of higher learning that want to make similar offerings; there are plans to allow other schools to offer courses on the edX website also. Plans are to create online learning software that moves beyond videos of lectures to interactive experience.[3] For a modest fee certificates of successful completion will be offered but not college credit. Neither MIT nor Harvard students may take the online courses for credit; they will be used to enrich their learning experience.[3] In addition to educational offerings the project will be used to research learning and distance education.[3][4][5]

Anant Agarwal of MIT will lead the project with Alan M. Garber, Provost of Harvard University, assisted by Michael D. Smith, a computer scientist who is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, handling Harvard contributions. Seven courses are planned for the initial offering in fall 2012.[4] The design of a viable business model for sustainability of the enterprise is in progress..."[5]

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Published on Nov 19, 2012

edX's mission is to educate the world and revolutionize the way people learn. We are building a global community of learners, and community colleges are an important part of our vision, using a blended classroom model. Learn more about edX and how to sign up for courses at http://www.edx.org/.

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