<p>Something I picked up this morning.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Cecilia d&apos;Oliveira" <<a href="mailto:ocw@mit.edu">ocw@mit.edu</a>><br>Date: Feb 13, 2012 9:34 AM<br>Subject: MITx is open for enrollment<br>
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<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:.8em">Dear Joel,</p>
<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:.8em">In December, MIT announced a new online learning initiative called <i>MITx</i>. Free enrollment is now open for the <i>MITx</i> pilot course, 6.002x Circuits and Electronics. Please visit the
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<i>MITx</i> will build a virtual community of online learners and allow them to earn certificates for demonstrating mastery of <i>MITx</i> subjects at modest cost. <i>MITx</i> will also serve as a cornerstone of MIT's research into digitally supported teaching and learning. For this initiative, the Institute is developing new online materials to support <i>MITx</i> users. <br>
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Everything on <i>MITx</i> short of credentialing is free of charge, and the <i>MITx</i> learning platform is being built using open-source software that will be freely available to the world.<br>
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<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:.8em">Sincerely,</p>
<p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:.8em">Cecilia d'Oliveira<br>
Executive Director<br>
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