Harvard and MIT Educate A Billion People Online

Since this blog is ostensibly about ideas I thought I'd let everyone know about the latest trend in education. Large universities are making their curriculum available online, for free.

Last December, MIT announced the launch of MITx and now has joined with Harvard to create edX.  As this article on Good.is states, "Representatives from both schools say edX is a work in progress but it will retain the core components of MITx: Anyone in the world with an internet connection will be able to sign up for a class. The classes won't be MIT or Harvard-lite—they'll have the same academic quality as classes taught on campus. And, if a student if completes all assignments and exams and is able to demonstrate mastery of the material, for a fee they’ll receive a certificate of completion."

So now if you want to be a rocket scientist or Harvard educated lawyer, you have no excuse.