Stanford Uses BitTorrents to Give You Free Engineering Classes
October 18, 2008 by CBO · Leave a Comment
Most people automatically associate BitTorrents with piracy, but it ain’t necessarily so. Case in point - Stanford University is offering several free online courses, available as BitTorrents, or from iTunes, YouTube, and Vyew. Stanford Classes » » »
DIY MIT Classes For Free?
July 25, 2008 by CBO · Leave a Comment
The MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY has 1800 courses available to you online - free, under the Creative Commons license - in their OpenCourseWare Program.
There’s no degrees or certificates involved, and you don’t get access to their instructors, but the courses have been carefully checked for accuracy and completeness. They include videos, suggested reading, syllabus, lecture notes, problem and answer sets, labs, and other special features. MIT Classes » » »
