'Open Courseware' Idea Spreads

MIT's plan to give away course materials online gains a few adherents

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

When the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced an ambitious plan to give away online materials for every course, officials wondered whether other colleges and universities would follow suit.

The answer? Sort of.

Nearly four years after the start of MIT's...

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