CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn't count toward a degree. That's about to ...

MIT is taking perhaps its biggest step yet to combine free online classes with its traditional on-campus instruction. The university announced Wednesday at its Solve conference that it will allow ...

As African cities urbanize, enhancing walkability in cities is a strategic lever for climate action, public health, social ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the ultimate geek hub of science, tech, and big ideas, is throwing open the doors to its treasure trove of knowledge with MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) and ...

Linda Wertheimer talks with Charles Vest, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, about the school's offer to create a Web site for most of its classes and to post materials from each ...

It seems likely that many students at MIT spend quite a bit of time on Reddit, but next spring a select few of those students will actually receive credit for their browsing. As spotted by Jason ...

All classes are free and open to the public. Jose Luis Pelaez Inc. As colleges and universities begin the academic year, many are offering courses covering what experts know so far about the Covid-19 ...

Stephen Conway works independently at Mass Bay Community College in a computer science course designed in conjunction with online learning from MIT. Such online courses are beginning to level the ...

People now buy songs, not albums. They read articles, not newspapers. So why not mix and match learning “modules” rather than lock into 12-week university courses? People now buy songs, not albums.

An email claiming to be from the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology declaring that classes were canceled for the day because of "threatening requests" was a hoax, the school said ...