Editing MIT OpenCourseWare (section)

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'''MIT OpenCourseWare''' ('''MIT OCW''') is an initiative of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) to publish all of the educational materials from its [[Post-secondary education|undergraduate]]- and [[Quaternary education|graduate-level]] courses online, [[Free content|freely]] and [[Open access (publishing)|openly available]] to anyone, anywhere. The project was announced on April 4, 2001,<ref>{{cite news |title=Auditing classes at M.I.T., on the web for free |newspaper=The New York Times |last=Goldberg |first=Carey |date=4 April 2001 |access-date=22 April 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/us/auditing-classes-at-mit-on-the-web-and-free.html |archive-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207171349/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/us/auditing-classes-at-mit-on-the-web-and-free.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and uses the [[Creative Commons License|Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license]]. The program was originally funded by the [[William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]], the [[Andrew W. Mellon Foundation]], and MIT. MIT OpenCourseWare is supported by MIT, corporate underwriting, major gifts, and donations from site visitors.<ref name="why-donate">{{cite web |url=http://ocw.mit.edu/donate/why-donate/ |title=Free Online Course Materials &#124; Why Donate? &#124; MIT OpenCourseWare |publisher=Ocw.mit.edu |access-date=2012-04-03 |archive-date=2017-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129135604/https://ocw.mit.edu/donate/why-donate/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The initiative inspired a number of other institutions to make their course materials available as [[open educational resources]].<ref>{{Cite news| last = Attwood| first = Rebecca| title = Get it out in the open| work = Times Higher Education| location = London| access-date = 2010-12-18| date = 2009-09-24| url = http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=408300| archive-date = 2012-12-01| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121201130511/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=408300| url-status = live}}</ref>

As of May 2018, over 2,400 courses were available online. While a few of these were limited to chronological reading lists and discussion topics, a majority provided homework problems and exams (often with solutions) and lecture notes. Some courses also included interactive web demonstrations in [[Java (programming language)|Java]], complete textbooks written by MIT professors, and [[Streaming media|streaming]] video lectures. As of May 2018, 100 courses included complete video lectures. The videos were available in streaming mode, but could also be downloaded for viewing offline. All video and audio files were also available from [[YouTube]], [[iTunes U]] and the [[Internet Archive]].