This is completely unrelated to Linux in any way, but is something that has some personal meaning for me. BBC News is reporting that MIT is working towards putting all of the courseware on the web, for free.
"Like almost every organisation in the US, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology spent the late 1990s struggling with the question of how to take advantage of the internet. "Many other colleges launched online degree courses aimed at anyone with a modem and a big wallet. "But MIT has taken a completely different direction with a project called OpenCourseWare (OCW) that could stop the trend of commercialising online education dead in its tracks. "The first group of courses are set to be published on the internet on 30 September, including subjects like anthropology, biology, chemistry and computer science. "'I genuinely think there was an 'a-ha' moment when they said our mission was actually to enhance education,' said Anne Margulies, Executive Director of OCW. "'Why don't we, instead of trying to sell our knowledge over the internet, just give it away.' "Over the next 10 years, MIT will move all its existing coursework on to the internet." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2270648.stm Mark Post
