Educators and learners around the world benefit from access to OpenCourseWare (OCW), and universities participating in the OpenCourseWare Consortium believe providing global access to knowledge connects fundamentally with their institutional missions. Institutions sharing their content through OCW projects have also discovered benefits for their own campuses as well.

Global benefits

• Advances knowledge by unlocking information for the benefit of all
• Provides open access to high-quality educational content to educators and learners for whom the materials can make the most difference
• Provides a model demonstrating the value of openness

Institutional benefits

• Builds global awareness of your institution's unique educational approach and curriculum
• Improves recruitment by helping the right students find the right programs at your institution
• Provides a resource for your students, faculty and alumni that supports learning and collaboration

Faculty benefits

• Builds awareness of your unique contributions to your field
• Fosters connections with colleagues around the world
• Preserves a record of teaching innovations and allows others to build upon them

If you believe an OCW project is a good fit for your institution but do not know where to start, the OpenCourseWare Consortium provides resources to help, including the Toolkit information on this site.

Please note that the Toolkit replaces the MIT How-To-OCW documentation. A zip archive of that documentation is preserved for archival purposes and can be found here:  MIT How-to-OCW (offline version) (10.25 MB).