MIT’s Goal: Reach 1 Billion With Open Courseware

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s free course content has reached 100 million people worldwide, and as U.S. campuses experiment with open class material to varying degrees, MIT hopes to increase OpenCourseWare’s reach to 1 billion learners by 2021."

New Grant Program Seeks to Expand Free Online Courses

"A new program will give grants to a variety of high-tech teaching projects, with the hope of helping low-income students better succeed in their studies. Next Gen Learning Challenges, led by Educause, a nonprofit that supports education technology, is designed to find technology-based approaches to improve college readiness and completion among low-income students."

Open Learning Initiative

From the site: "Open & free courses. No instructors, no credits, no charge."