{"id":2290,"date":"2012-01-11T05:29:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T11:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2012-08-06T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T20:59:36","slug":"mit-to-open-up-some-courses-to-global-audience-free-online-zdnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=2290","title":{"rendered":"MIT to open up some courses to global audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/service-oriented\/mit-to-open-up-some-courses-to-global-audience-free-online\/8335?tag=nl.e589\">MIT to open up some courses to global audience &#8212; free, online<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The program, called MITx, will represent the next evolution in online offerings, extending the university\u2019s already well-established <a href=\"http:\/\/ocw.mit.edu\/index.htm\">OpenCourseWare<\/a>, which provides materials on about 2,100 courses that has been accessed by more than 100 million people. OpenCourseWare will continue, but MITx will be more interactive and provide a greater virtual classroom experience, providing access to online laboratories, student-to-student discussions, and greater interactivity. MIT also expects that MITx will eventually host a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT to open up some courses to global audience &#8212; free, online The program, called MITx, will represent the next evolution in online offerings, extending the university\u2019s already well-established OpenCourseWare, which provides materials on about 2,100 courses that has been &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=2290\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[737],"tags":[367,387],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stem","tag-education","tag-mit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5463,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions\/5463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}