MIT OpenCourseWare

MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an educational initiative by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that makes nearly all of its undergraduate and graduate course materials freely available online to anyone, anywhere. The platform’s mission is to “advance knowledge and educate students, and to bring knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges,” by openly sharing MIT teaching content globally. MIT OCW provides a comprehensive range of content including syllabi, lecture notes, reading lists, assignments, exams, video lectures, free online textbooks, and other multimedia resources. All resources are freely available with no registration, enrollment, or time limits, enabling self-paced learning and teaching. The content is published under a Creative Commons license, allowing free downloading, sharing, remixing, and non-commercial adaptation. MIT OCW does not offer credit or certificates, focusing instead on supporting self-guided and lifelong learning, as well as educator resource sharing and adaptation.