MIT Open Course Ware

09/02/2026

Science is curiosity on a mission at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)! ⚛

09/01/2026

📢 Ever wondered what's new at OCW? We made a video for that.

Get a guided tour of new courses and what makes them special in our first-ever video update. Ready to explore? Link in the comments!

08/31/2026

Watch as Brett Paci, Assistant Director of Media Engagement at MIT Open Learning discusses the history of MIT OpenCourseWare. The webinar was held during Linux Dominicana's Open Saturday Reloaded conference.

He discusses the history and current strategy of OCW's efforts to raise global awareness of the platform. The video is in Spanish with auto-translated captions available in YouTube's setting. Watch here: https://bit.ly/4wQUulC

08/21/2026

Sal Khan, of Khan Academy fame, mused: "There is a direct through line from what MIT did with OpenCourseWare to the existence of Khan Academy."

Watch the full video to hear more of Sal's reflections on MIT OpenCourseWare. https://bit.ly/4wAeb0X

08/20/2026

🎉Learn from the legends of digital signal processing—Alan Oppenheim and Ronald Schafer!

The 3rd edition of their textbook Discrete-Time Signal Processing, AKA the "DSP Bible", is now available on MIT OpenCourseWare—completely free and open!

Whether you're building audio filters, working on radar, or just trying to survive your EE degree, this book will be indispensable.
https://bit.ly/4zp33Xu

08/18/2026

🎉 The Climate Justice Instructional Toolkit (CJIT) 2.0 is officially available on MIT OpenCourseWare.

The CJIT is a free, openly-licensed resource that helps instructors across disciplines integrate climate justice into their teaching.
Version 2.0 includes new STEM & tech-focused content along with the toolkit’s original starter guide, adaptable teaching modules, video lectures, and library of readings and case studies — all ready to use in classrooms, workshops, or trainings.

👉 Access the Toolkit here: https://bit.ly/4xL1hyj

👉 Read the open-access article in Sustainability on how the CJIT has resonated across diverse audiences. https://tinyurl.com/4rnhh8zy

👉 Join the Community of Practice to share your experiences using the toolkit, discuss tips and tricks for teaching or adapting the toolkit, brainstorm news ways of using the toolkit, provide constructive feedback and ask questions to the CJIT team, and more. https://cjit.discourse.group/

Please feel free to share the Toolkit with any colleagues or networks who might find it useful!

08/17/2026

This MIT news story reminded me that we have a wildly popular course on Dynastic China by Prof. Brown on the OCW site and YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/ycxenn3j

News Story: https://news.mit.edu/2026/mystery-of-the-chinese-tea-chest-label-0811

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Research from MIT historian Tristan Brown uncovers the true origins of a Chinese tea chest label, an artifact once thought to be a relic of the Boston Tea Party.

08/12/2026

Are you a K–12 teacher getting ready to go back to school? Are you looking for new approaches and materials for your class?

MIT OpenCourseWare offers materials on teaching techniques, the science of learning, and STEAM curricula, all for free and available to use and remix. Check out this blog post to learn more: https://bit.ly/4cBpVZV

08/05/2026

MIT Professor Jon Gruber breaks down risk aversion, the psychology behind gambling, and what it means for public policy. Link in the comments!

08/03/2026

The New Engineering Education Transformation (NEET) program truly embodies the MIT spirit of solving complex problems with hands-on solutions.

This course for first-year students introduces students to the NEET Ways of Thinking, which are cognitive approaches for tackling complex challenges, valued by industry and for thriving in an uncertain and rapidly changing world. Topics include: autonomous machines, climate and sustainability systems, digital cities, and living machines. Explore NEET now⏩ https://bit.ly/4yUQ1Rq