Free MIT Education but no degree

[shadowmaster]

It costs $40,000 (tuition only) per year to go to MIT.

However they post all of their courses on line for free. You can get an MIT education without costing a penny. (You might want to buy some text books though).

Check it out at http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

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[caudex]

Though it does specifically say that reading courses online is not equivalent to an MIT education; and the lack of a piece of paper at the end means spending time on it won't help you get a job. Not to say it doesn't have some good resources.

[Crow]

I could see this as a nice way to learn the material and then go get the credits through CLEP or some other credit by exam at the college of your choice.

[GlobalWolf]

Kind of awesome, since MIT is sort of my dream school for my PhD in Poli. Sci. (that's two years off, and I know that it's highly competitive, but hey, a man can dream).