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OCW material is available in a wide variety of subjects. Any one from anywhere can access the Open Course Ware at his / her comfort.
The Open Course Ware is the brain child of faculties of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts who has taken the initiative to provide all under graduate and graduate material online. The
MIT has announced the project in 2001. Today the
MIT is providing about 1800 course material of under graduate and graduate programme through internet under its’
Open Course Ware (OCW) module.
As
MIT begin its task of teaching masses through its
Open Course Ware (OCW), many other institutions of the world follow the trend. As a result, in 2005, the
MIT’s Open Course Ware and other leading
OCW projects formed the
OCW Consortium.
The
OCW Consortium seeks to extend the reach and impact of open course material, promote new courses through
OCW module and build up sustainable models for open courseware publication.
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OCW material is available on whole range of subjects through different universities’ websites.
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OCW is a boon to all those learners willing to learn something new and ultimately beneficial to society and industry.
For your convenience the
National Network of Education (NNE) has compiled a list of Institutes / universities providing OCW.