MIT Open Learning

MIT Open Learning is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) organization,{{Cite web|url=https://web.mit.edu/facts/openlearning.html|title=MIT Facts 2020: Open Learning|website=web.mit.edu}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mit.edu/education/|title=Education | MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology|website=www.mit.edu}} headed by Dimitris Bertsimas,{{Cite web |title=Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open learning |url=https://news.mit.edu/2024/dimitris-bertsimas-named-vice-provost-open-learning-0808 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=MIT News}} that oversees several MIT educational initiatives, such as MIT Open CourseWare, MITx,{{Cite web|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/MIT-Will-Offer-Certificates-to/130121|title=MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students Who Take Its Online Courses|first=Marc|last=Parry|date=December 19, 2011|via=The Chronicle of Higher Education}} MicroMasters,{{Cite web|url=http://news.mit.edu/2019/nine-universities-team-up-global-infrastructure-digital-academic-credentials-0423|title=Nine universities team up to create global infrastructure for digital academic credentials|website=MIT News}} MIT Bootcamps{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/education/learning/global-training-programs-bootcamps.html|title=Short-Term Programs for Long-Term Success|first=Kerry|last=Hannon|work=The New York Times |date=June 7, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}} and others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/08/21/133422/open-learning/|title=Open learning|website=MIT Technology Review}}

MIT Open Learning develops new "to-campus" and "to-job" pathways for learners by combining its credentials (MicroMasters), online programs (MITx) and in-person programs (MIT Bootcamps).{{Cite web|url=http://news.mit.edu/2019/road-to-mit-paved-open-learning-0614|title=A road paved with open learning|website=MIT News}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.mit.edu/2016/mooc-bootcamp-mit-0519|title=From MOOC to bootcamp to MIT|website=MIT News}}{{Cite web|url=https://tokenpost.com/MIT-and-other-universities-team-up-to-explore-blockchain-potential-for-management-of-academic-credentials-1718|title=MIT and other universities team up to explore blockchain potential for management of academic credentials|website=TokenPost}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/prestigious-bootcamp-for-innovators-returns-to-brisbane-20190203-p50ve2.html|title=Prestigious bootcamp for innovators returns to Brisbane|first=Lucy|last=Stone|date=February 3, 2019|website=Brisbane Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-10-31-in-the-era-of-microcredentials-institutions-look-to-blockchain-to-verify-learning|title=In the Era of Microcredentials, Institutions Look to Blockchain to Verify Learning - EdSurge News|date=October 31, 2017|website=EdSurge}}

MIT Open Learning is composed of the following programmatic units:

• MIT Open Courseware
• MITx MicroMasters
• Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab
• MIT Integrated Learning Initiative
• MIT xPro
• MIT Bootcamps