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Harvard And MIT Join Forces To Become Juggernaut Of Free Online Education

Online education is witnessing its own Avengers-like uniting of superhero forces as Harvard University and MIT recently announced “edX”, a combined $60 [...]
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MIT and Harvard say open-source edX can educate a billion people

Technology : GigaOM (last year)

Charles River neighbors Harvard and MIT are working together on technology to power free, online coursework for students. The two schools will share ownership of the new $60 million edX initiative but the underlying MITx technology ... Read Post

Harvard and MIT Offer Online Education for Free

Technology : Technology Review Editors' Blog (last year)

The joint venture builds on an existing MIT platform that serves 120,000 students worldwide. Harvard has joined with MIT to deliver courses over the Internet, for free, to anyone in the world. The new joint venture, called edx, buil... Read Post

Harvard and MIT put $60m in online learning joint venture EdX

Technology : The Next Web Blog (last year)

Harvard and MIT have joined forces to launch the not-for-profit online learning venture edX, the two institutions announced today. Soon available at http://www.edxonline.org, the open-source platform will feature free online version... Read Post


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