Epigraph: “Seek knowledge even if you have to go to China, any distant land.” The Holy Prophet Muhammad.

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Harvard University Canteen

MIT President Susan Hockfield and Harvard University President Drew Faust, accompanied by top officials from both institutions, announced on Wednesday a new collaboration that will unite the Cambridge-based universities in an ambitious new partnership to deliver online education to learners anywhere in the world.
The new venture, called edX, will provide interactive classes from both Harvard and MIT — for free — to anyone in the world with an Internet connection. But a key goal of the project, Faust said, is “to enhance the educational experience of students who study in our classrooms and laboratories.” Read further in MIT News.

Editor’s comments: This has been called a major democratization of education. Eventually education can be completely free for all, freely available online.