Internet Opens Elite Colleges to All

December 30, 2007 By JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer

(AP) -- Gilbert Strang is a quiet man with a rare talent: helping others understand linear algebra. He's written a half-dozen popular college textbooks, and for years a few hundred students at the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been privileged to take his course.

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OCW's initiative resonates our efforts in Didactum.org! We applaud and welcome all participants in this important space. At Didactum.org, we go one step further to empower the architects of education - teachers. Check us out a www.didactum.org.
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