Open Course Ware (OCW)
OpenCourseWare(OCW)isan
educationalinitiativedevelopedby
theMassachusettsInstituteof
Technology(MIT)tomakethecore
teachingmaterialsforallMIT
graduateandundergraduateclasses
availableatnocosttoInternet
usersaroundtheworld.
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Open Course Ware (OCW)
OCWhasbeencomparedtotheopen
sourcesoftwaremovementbecausecourse
materialsontheOCWsitewillbe"openand
freelyavailableworldwidefornon-
commercialpurposessuchasresearchand
education,providinganextraordinary
resource,freeofcharge,whichotherscan
adapttotheirownneeds".
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Open Course Ware (OCW)
PresidentVesthassaidthatalthough
OCWappearscounter-intuitiveina
market-drivenworld,itisparticularly
appropriateforaresearchuniversity
suchasMITwhereideasmovequickly
fromthelaboratorytotheclassroom
beforethereiseventimetopublishit
intextbooks.
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OpenCourseWare(OCW)
OCWisnotseenasasubstitutefor
revenue-generating distance
education(whichrequiresinteraction
betweenteacherandstudent)but
ratherasaWeb-basedresourcefor
teachersandlearnersaroundthe
globe.
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According to the website of the OCW
Consortium, an OCW project:
Isafreeandopendigitalpublicationofhigh
qualityeducationalmaterials,organizedas
courses.
Isavailableforuseandadaptationunderan
openlicense,suchascertainCreative
Commonslicenses.
Doesnottypicallyprovidecertificationor
accesstofaculty.
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