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MIT Open Learning is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) organization, [1] [2] headed by Dimitris Bertsimas, [3] that oversees several MIT educational initiatives, such as MIT Open CourseWare, MITx, [4] MicroMasters, [5] MIT Bootcamps [6] and others.
By September 2004, 900 MIT courses were available online. In 2005, MIT OpenCourseWare and other open educational resources projects formed the OpenCourseWare Consortium , which seeks to extend the reach and impact of open course materials, foster new open course materials and develop sustainable models for open course material publication.
This new initiative was based on MIT's "MITx" project, announced in 2011, and extends the concepts of OCW by offering more structured formal courses to online students, including in some cases the possibility of earning academic credit or certificates based on supervised examinations. A major new feature of the edX platform is the ability for ...
The degree programs can be completed fully online and are offered by universities such as Georgia Institute of Technology and University of California San Diego. [16] On January 10, 2020, edX launched two MicroBachelors programs. The programs offer undergraduate level courses which can lead to university credit for degree seeking students. [17]
In 2011, MIT announced it would offer formal certification (but not credits or degrees) to online participants completing coursework in its "MITx" program, for a modest fee. [97] The "edX" online platform supporting MITx was initially developed in partnership with Harvard and its analogous "Harvardx" initiative
Today most of them combine video lectures, online and in person exams and certification. The offering is currently approximately 3,000 courses. The courses are free if one does not want a certificate, i.e. audit mode. For certification the platform charges approximately ₹1,000 (approximately US$ 12).
MITX may refer to: Mini-ITX , a low-power motherboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies MITx , a massive open online course program by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Open edX was designed for the MITx project, which was renamed to the edX project and made into a separate 501(c)3 after Harvard joined. This remains the largest global installation as of 2022, with over 3000 courses and 500,000 regular users.