Harvard, MIT Offering Free Online Courses

May 3, 2012 | 9:45 AM

Always wanted to attend Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Now you can — the two schools are offering free online courses starting this fall.

Source: Tbo

By Published: May 02, 2012 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have joined forces to offer free online courses in a project aimed at attracting millions of online learners around the world, the universities announced Wednesday.

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