Instead of spending $40,000 a year, you can now take a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for free from the comforts of your own home. MIT has now made 90 percent of its courses ...

Access MIT lectures and assignments anytime — no signup, no cost, just self-paced learning MIT is known as a world-leading university, particularly for its top-ranked science, technology, engineering, ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Researchers at MIT have released a video and audio search tool that solves one of the most challenging problems in the field: how to break up a lengthy academic lecture into manageable chunks, ...

A decade after MIT began to put its teaching materials and lectures online via the OpenCourseWare platform, the university has announced that it will leverage these materials to provide an online ...

While teaching large physics lectures at MIT, Walter H. G. Lewin radiates enthusiasm. "And now, I’m going to blow your mind," said Lewin before giving a lesson about electrical circuits that seem to ...