Harvard & MIT Announce EdX, a Disruptive Joint Venture That Will Offer Free Online Courses
Lauren Landry, BostInno, May 2, 2012

"By the time the first MITx course launched, 90,000 people had already registered, merely proving the popularity of online education. Today, however, with the help of Harvard University, MIT’s upped the ante. Together, the two have announced EdX, a new tool designed to build on both."