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<A HREF="http://mitx.mit.edu/">http://mitx.mit.edu/</A><BR>
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On December 19, 2011, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative internally called “MITx.” MITx will offer a portfolio of MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform that will:<BR>
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organize and present course material to enable students to learn at their own pace<BR>
feature interactivity, online laboratories and student-to-student communication<BR>
allow for the individual assessment of any student’s work and allow students who demonstrate their mastery of subjects to earn a certificate of completion awarded by MITx<BR>
operate on an open-source, scalable software infrastructure in order to make it continuously improving and readily available to other educational institutions.<BR>
MIT expects that this learning platform will enhance the educational experience of its on-campus students, offering them online tools that supplement and enrich their classroom and laboratory experiences. MIT also expects that MITx will eventually host a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.<BR>
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