MIT's OpenCourseware Initiative is an exciting example of how technology can help make great educational materials scale.

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Through the OpenCourseware Web site, lecture notes, exams and other resources for more than 1, 800 MIT classes are available online for free.

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OpenCourseWare, Notre Dame OpenCourseWare, Open Yale, WebCast.

FORBES: Free Education Is A Meme Whose Time Has Come

And, in 2002, MIT launched its popular OpenCourseWare initiative.

FORBES: Distance Learning Has Been Around Since 1892, You Big MOOC

UNESCO's Office in Apia funded the original development of the Open Content Licensing for Educators, and enabled the OER Foundation to adopt an open and collaborative development process including volunteers from the OER Foundation, WikiEducator, the OpenCourseWare Consortium and Creative Commons.

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