5 Online MIT xPRO courses you can take without previous experience — By: MIT xPRO Thinking about continuing your education with an online business management course but worried that you don’t have the right background? If you’re ready to dive into a business-related course that could help you change careers, get a promotion, or become more effective at work, you don’t necessarily…

Watch these hidden gems from real MIT courses — MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a free and open publication of MIT courses across every MIT department and degree program. You can watch over 7,000 lectures straight from the MIT classroom on OCW’s YouTube channel. To celebrate 4 million subscribers on YouTube — the most subscribers for any .edu provider —…

MIT J-WEL & Pragya Systems publish white paper with recommendations for advising, curricula, credential models, and collaboration — By Vijay Kumar, Ramji Raghavan, George Westerman, Susan Young Introduction Liberal arts colleges and universities are currently facing substantial challenges. Small colleges are closing at unprecedented rates. Undergraduate and graduate school enrollment dropped by 2.5% from fall 2019 to fall 2021 (NPR, December 17, 2020). For many colleges, COVID-19 added severe…

MIT OpenCourseWare shares free videos of MIT courses with millions of learners worldwide — For over 20 years, MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) has freely shared knowledge with learners and educators around the world by publishing MIT course materials online. Today, over 2,500 MIT courses are available on the NextGen OCW platform with video lectures posted to OCW’s YouTube channel. In celebration of OCW reaching 4…

Distinguished professor and public history advocate will oversee open education offerings and campus-focused services — MIT Professor Christopher Capozzola has joined MIT Open Learning as senior associate dean, effective Aug. 1. …

Vijay Kumar, J-WEL’s founding Executive Director, moves to a senior advisory role at MIT Open Learning — As J-WEL welcomes Dr. Anjali Sastry as its new Faculty Director and Associate Dean for Open Learning and Dr. Vijay Kumar, J-WEL’s founding Executive Director and former Associate Dean for Open Learning, moves into a new role as senior advisor to MIT’s Vice President for Open Learning, Dr. Sastry looked…

4 Steps for researching online learning options — By: MIT xPRO Are you considering a career change? First of all, give yourself a pat on the back! The decision to switch careers is a big one. …

Approaches to designing effective assessments at scale — By Jessica Sandland, PhD, Lecturer and MITx Digital Learning Lab Scientist, MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering Open-ended questions pose some of the biggest challenges when designing assessments in open online courses. The most effective and engaging activities and assignments are often also the hardest to assess in an…

Explore the impact of open online courses — As we celebrate the tenth anniversary of MITx, we are delighted to share the impact of open online courses, teaching and learning breakthroughs, and the stunning scale of access and equity enabled by these open courses on our webpage, Celebrating 10 years of MITx. Explore the life-changing education stories…