MIT launches new online learning initiative

This is a really exciting time to be a consumer (and indeed producer) of online courses.

As somebody who is a few years out of university, being able to access the courses that MIT, Stanford, Berkeley and others produce is really fantastic.

I can't help but feel there are many opportunities for startups in this space as platform and service providers.

There was much speculation at what price point online courses from big name universities would be offered.

Now, Stanford and MIT have offered theirs for free. I wonder if this will anchor the market at this point.

Couldn't be better for the large number of people out there who seek quality learning. Let's hope it will work great!

more discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3368607