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  • Breaking the old model of education with MIT Open Learning

    October 16, 2025
    “What draws me to MIT Open Learning and OpenCourseWare is it breaks the old model of education. It’s not about sitting in a lecture hall, it’s about access and experimentation,” says Vivan Mirchandani, seen here giving a TEDEd talk on cosmology. He has completed more than 27 online MIT courses to date.

  • Perspective: Learning through stories

    October 15, 2025
    Perspective: Learning through stories

  • Gene-Wei Li named associate head of the Department of Biology

    October 9, 2025
    Associate professor of biology, director of scientific operations in Building 68, and HHMI Investigator Gene-Wei Li was inspired to step into the role of associate department head in part because of the way MIT Biology facilitates career development during every stage.

  • 11 big questions, 11 one-minute answers

    October 6, 2025
    11 big questions, 11 one-minute answers

  • Free MIT courses and resources to help K-12 teachers make this school year a success

    October 3, 2025
    Free MIT courses and resources to help K-12 teachers make this school year a success

  • New online learning experience aims to create adaptable, AI-fluent professionals

    October 3, 2025
    New online learning experience aims to create adaptable, AI-fluent professionals

  • MIT OpenCourseWare is “a living testament to the nobility of open, unbounded learning”

    October 1, 2025
    “The intellectual seeds sown by Open Learning resources such as MIT OpenCourseWare have flourished within me, shaping my identity as a physicist and affirming my deep belief in the transformative power of knowledge shared freely, without barriers,” says Mostafa Fawzy, who has been using MIT's open educational resources since he was in high school.

  • Free MIT courses and resources to help K-12 teachers make this school year a success

    September 22, 2025
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  • Ready to learn like never before?

    September 17, 2025
    Photo of a seated woman with glasses smiling behind an open laptop.

  • Digital Credentials Consortium and collaborators launch Gen AI Badge Authoring Tool Project

    September 15, 2025
    A person on a laptop with a trophy, graduation cap, open book, video, and search icons depicted.
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