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Plug In, MIT Feeds Global Brain Power

Humans like to solve problems. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is full of problem-solving people who have created a way to fire up learning across the globe.

The world may tap into the online publication of virtually all MIT course content through OpenCourseWare (OCW).

MIT Sloan offers case studies, teaching videos and other innovative instructional resources to anyone with access to the Internet. The site was developed to provide access to MIT Sloan's most current work and developments at no charge. (That means free.)

Of interest, 15.963 Advanced Strategy uses newly-available case studies in a survey of the roots of long-term competitive advantage in unusually successful firms. Browse courses in IP law, economics, business, energy, physics, applied technology.

OCW averages 1 million visits each month; translations receive 500,000 more. (That's a lot of learning.)

To fuel the access to a computer or to join the ranks of a corporate sponsor such as The Ab Initio Corporation and other business leaders (Google Grants, Position2, Seagate, Inc., United Nations Development Program), see this link.