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There was a minor controversy on campus when OpenCourseWare was being rolled out. Some students thought opening up the courses was unfair since they worked hard to get in and paid $30k+ per year to attend MIT.

I'm glad these folks didn't win that debate ;)

I'm currently working on a startup to push what MIT has done even further. If you're willing to provide some feedback, then drop me an email for a preview.

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“There was a minor controversy on campus when OpenCourseWare was being rolled out. Some students thought opening up the courses was unfair since they worked hard to get in and paid $30k+ per year to attend MIT.”

I got angry just reading that. Apparently the admissions process at the university wasn't thorough enough.

Try living in a country where none of the universities are in the top-50 or top-100 rankings.

can u tell us what exactly you're trying to do ... thx

Sorry for the teaser! The site will be a one stop shop for online learning from high school to college, to working professionals.

I've set up a live video platform to connect experts in specific subject areas to interested students with an integrated payment system for teachers that want to charge for their time.

We also plan to roll out a few exciting features for college students. We'd like to connect students studying a specific subject to be able to easily interact with other college students studying a similar subject. So if you were studying 6.001 at MIT we could connect you either via live video or a stackoverflow like Q&A site to other students at Stanford studying a similar course.

I hope this conveys the essence of the site. I'm not yet ready for the full launch, but stay tuned....As I mentioned before, drop me an email if you'd like to preview and give some feedback.

Wow, that sounds great. I'd be very interested in this. Do you think you may have plans for taking the age range down also? I have two kids - 8 years old and 3 years old and a great resource for all the basis, as well as some more advanced topics would be really useful

I eventually want to focus on younger kids. But I want to be super careful screening any teachers that would be allowed to teach young children over live video, so this may take a while for me to find the right instructors.

Shoot me an email, and I'll let you know when I have something appropriate for your children. You can also check out the site in the meantime.

i liked your idea ... in fact i was thinking for someone to start an online collge/university who can also offer diplomas and degrees based on open courseware ... by the way connecting student is being done by OpenStudy (http://openstudy.com/) so you may study the pros and cons and implement a better platform or may be tie-up with them ... I wish you all the best.

I'm working on exactly that! Got a large part already working. Want to talk? My email is in my profile.

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