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MIT Professor Evan Lieberman, the Total Chair on Contemporary Africa, has created the Department of Political Science's first online course through MITx.

Political science debuts on MITx

New online course takes a deep dive into democracy in Africa.

August 25, 2017

Felice Frankel, a research scientist in MIT’s Center for Materials Science and Engineering, has helped to produce images that just in the last few months have graced the covers of Nature, Nature Materials, and Environmental Science, among others.

Felice Frankel: Creating images to explain science concepts

MIT researcher helps scientists and engineers hone their visual imagery.

July 13, 2017

American Society for Engineering Education President Bevlee Watford (left) presents the 2017 ASEE Excellence in Engineering Collaboration Award to Boeing executives Christi Gau Pagnanelli (center) and Mark Cousino.

Online program wins engineering education award

More than 1,600 professionals have completed the Architecture and Systems Engineering course series developed by MIT in collaboration with Boeing and edX.

June 30, 2017

MIT’s inaugural MicroMasters program in supply chain management drew more than 180,000 learners of all ages, from around the world. More than 1,100 learners finished all five of the courses required to earn the MicroMasters credential.

MIT’s first MicroMasters learners earn credentials

More than 1,100 learners finish online course series; 622 pass final exam that offers opportunity to apply for hybrid master’s.

June 20, 2017

Students who completed 6.S064, a fully-online pilot course modeled after the popular 6.002 (Circuits and Electronics), reported more flexibility with scheduling and less overall stress relative to their traditional classes.

MIT pilots full-credit online residential course

Campus students report more flexibility, reduced stress in taking an online version of a popular MIT course.

June 12, 2017

Amol Bhave

Online courses paved the way to MIT graduation

Amol Bhave’s path to MIT began with watching OpenCourseWare lectures from his home in India. Before he was admitted to MIT, he had created his own MITx course.

June 6, 2017

Professor Sara Ellison (center) and Professor Esther Duflo (right) receive an award from Professor Isaac Chuang for their work on "Data Analysis for Social Scientists.” Their course was awarded for the importance and relevancy of the topic, how the course is used in both the Data, Economics, and Development Policy MicroMasters program and for MIT undergraduate students, and how it provides stude...

First-ever winners of MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning in MOOCs announced

New annual prize lauds innovation in online courses.

May 22, 2017

Richard K. Lester

For great challenges, a global strategy

MIT plan outlines new framework for expanding its international engagement.

May 17, 2017

New MOOC study explores 290 MIT and Harvard online courses, a quarter-million certifications, 4.5 million participants, and 28 million participant-hours.

Study of MOOCs offers insights into online learner engagement and behavior

New report, based on four years of data from edX, represents one of the largest surveys of massive open online courses to date.

January 12, 2017

Competency exam certificate now available for MITx Introduction to Biology course

New option for online learners tests subject mastery and provides meaningful certificates for one of the most popular MITx courses.

January 3, 2017

“Policymakers, NGO activists, and businesspeople in developing countries are increasingly aware of the importance of good data and rigorous evidence for designing and choosing policies and projects — and implementing them effectively,” says Esther Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics.

MIT announces MITx MicroMasters program in development economics, with path to full master’s degree

Institute to offer its first “blended-only” master’s program, in data, economics, and development policy.

December 5, 2016

Online learners that obtain the MITx MicroMasters credential in supply chain management now have a faster path to a master’s degree at MIT and also at Curtin University and the University of Queensland.

Thirteen universities adopt MicroMasters and launch 18 new programs via edX

MITx expands reach of MicroMasters in supply chain management with new paths to a master’s degree.

September 20, 2016

In an MITx Philosophy MOOC, online learners can have their work graded and commented upon by professional philosophers.

Popular MITx philosophy MOOC introduces instructor grading

August 15, 2016

A new course from MIT Professional Education aims to help professionals translate immense amounts of raw data into actionable insights.

New online course addresses data science challenges

“Data Science: Data to Insights” from IDSS and MIT Professional Education begins Oct. 4.

August 4, 2016

The LINC Conference brought more than 250 of the world’s leading educators, technology entrepreneurs, and digital learning experts to discuss digital inclusion and online learning.

LINC Conference addresses the changing face of education

Over 250 leading educators, technology entrepreneurs, and digital learning experts convene at MIT.

July 7, 2016