What is UMass Boston OpenCourseWare?
The idea behind UMass Boston OCW is to make UMass Boston course materials that are used in the teaching of undergraduate and graduate subjects available on the Web, free of charge, to any user anywhere in the world. UMass Boston OCW will advance technology-enhanced education at UMass Boston, and will serve as a model for university dissemination of knowledge in the Internet age. This venture continues the tradition at UMass Boston, and in American higher education, of open dissemination of educational materials, philosophy, and modes of thought, and will help lead to fundamental changes in the way colleges and universities utilize the Web as a vehicle for education.