What is edX?
edX is a
not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University that offers online
learning to on-campus students and to millions of people around the
world. To do so, edX is building an open-source online learning platform
and hosts an online web portal at www.edx.org for online education.
EdX currently
offers HarvardX, MITx and BerkeleyX classes online for free. Beginning
in fall 2013, edX will offer WellesleyX , GeorgetownX and the University
of Texas System classes online for free. The UT System includes nine
universities and six health institutions. In 2014, edX will further
expand its consortium, including several international schools, when it
begins offering courses from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
McGill University, University of Toronto, Australian National
University, Delft University of Technology, and Rice University. The edX
institutions aim to extend their collective reach to build a global
community of online students. Along with offering online courses,
the three universities undertake research on how students learn and how
technology can transform learning both on-campus and online throughout
the world.
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