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MITx creates new open course classes

O ver a decade ago, MIT decided to offer it’s knowledge for free to the world. Today, MITx is a vision by Anant Agarwal. He wants to bring the classroom experience online for the whole world so students that are curious and passionate about learning will have the opportunity to be in a non-traditional classroom environment, have homework, and get grades as well.

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