Training MIT courses are now available to everyone for free
Forming / / December 19, 2019
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the most prestigious technical universities in the world, has digitized the entire curriculum and make it available to all those wishing.
With access to knowledge it has now become a little bit better than a couple of years ago. Coursera, Edx, Udacity ready to provide a large amount of educational material on the popular specialties. However, they are gradually transformed into a commercial platform, departing from the original idea.
Against this background, a very unexpected act committed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (which owns half Edx). fully published 32 educational materials University courses. The ones for which you have to pay 50 thousand dollars a year. Now they are available for free on the Internet!
Each course includes video lectures, assignments for independent work, problem solving - to PDF, as is customary among techies. Each podcast lectures (10-15 minutes) format have English text, a separate audio track, as well as the presentation slides. Access is organized under a Creative Commons license - content can be converted to use for their own purposes, works, presentations and educational process. On condition that the original authorship of the material, of course.
Currently available courses in the following areas:
- Aeronautics and Astronautics;
- Anthropology;
- Architecture;
- Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation;
- Biological Engineering;
- Biology;
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences;
- Chemical Engineering;
- Chemistry;
- Civil and Environmental Engineering;
- Comparative Media Studies;
- Comparative Media Studies / Writing;
- Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences;
- Economics;
- Edgerton Center;
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science;
- Engineering Systems Division;
- Experimental Study Group;
- Global Studies and Languages;
- Health Sciences and Technology;
- History;
- Linguistics and Philosophy;
- Literature;
- Materials Science and Engineering;
- Mathematics;
- Mechanical Engineering;
- Media Arts and Sciences;
- Music and Theater Arts;
- Nuclear Science and Engineering;
- Physics;
- Science, Technology, and Society;
- Sloan School of Management;
- Supplemental Resources;
- Urban Studies and Planning;
- Writing and Humanistic Studies.
With courses in physics, aeronautics, I know firsthand (Edx) and can be recommended as a very high-quality materials for self-study. Most of the course is designed so that it can be taught by a person who does not have little or no basic skills.
All materials are in English, however, community of enthusiasts Work has already begun to translate materials into Russian, and the first results will be seen soon. And even better - of course, if you have the time and knowledge - to participate in the translation.
Why is this so important? Today MIT - one of the best technical universities in the world. Among the most famous graduates - President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi (Mario Draghi), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Benjamin Netanyahu), diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan (Kofi Annan), an eminent American scientist Richard Feynman (Richard Feynman).
Students and graduates of MIT owns a huge number of important discoveries in different areas of the Nobel Prizes and other achievements. Some of them are very familiar: the development of MIT research groups can be found in every smartphone. It is an innovative approach of this educational institution has launched an online education in the form that we see today.