Course Content

This section of the Education site looks at the availabilty of free coursware across a number of disciplines.

MIT OpenCourseWare by Stuart McIntyre — last modified 2005-08-04 02:33 PM

MIT OpenCourseWare is a large-scale, Web-based electronic publishing initiative with 1,100 courses published as of June 1, 2005. It provides free, searchable, access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.

Japan OCW Alliance by Stuart McIntyre — last modified 2005-08-04 02:47 PM

In Japan, in cooperation with MIT, six universities Osaka, Kyoto, Keiko, University of Tokyo,Waseda and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have established the JAPAN OCW ALLIANCE and are now offering the content of their academic courses to the general public.

Connexions by Stuart McIntyre — last modified 2005-08-04 02:51 PM

Connexions is internationally focused, interdisciplinary, and grassroots organized. More than one million people from 157 countries are tapping into over 2,500 modules and almost 100 courses developed by a worldwide community of authors in fields ranging from computer science to music and from mathematics to biodiversity. Modules and courses are also being translated into several languages, including Spanish, Chinese, Thai, and Japanese