Welcome to MIT's OpenCourseWare: a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the world. OCW supports MIT's mission to advance knowledge and education, and serve the world in the 21st century. It is true to MIT's values of excellence, innovation, and leadership. MIT OCW: Is a publication of MIT course materials Does not require any registration Is not a degree-granting or certificate-granting activity Does not provide access to MIT faculty Learn more  about MIT OCW... 500 Courses Now Available With the publication of 500 courses, MIT OCW offers educational materials from 33 academic disciplines and all five of MIT's schools.  See the entire course list. Course List Discover all available courses. About OCW Learn more about OCW's expansion... Impact Media access Our story Help Answer your questions... FAQs Feedback Tell us what you think... Email us Newsletter Sign up for monthly email updates on new courses and news from MIT OCW. For translated courses en Español and em Portugues Foundation Support MIT OCW is funded jointly by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and MIT		Reflections from MIT President Charles M. Vest "With the publication of 500 courses, MIT is delivering on the promise of OpenCourseWare that we made in 2001. We are thrilled that educators, students, and self-learners from all parts of the globe tell us that MIT OCW is having an impact on education and learning. We hope that in sharing MIT’s course materials, and our experience thus far with MIT OCW, we will inspire other institutions to openly share their course materials, creating a worldwide web of knowledge that will benefit mankind." - Charles M. Vest, President of MIT Read more ...