M.I.T. and Harvard have announced a non-profit partnership to offer free online courses from both universities. Many of you might have heard about MITx, which M.I.T announced a few months back. Well, this partnership between M.I.T. and Harvard is announced under the name edX.edX will host courses from MITx and HarvardX.

This initiative will directly compete with the consortium of several universities (Stanford, Princeton, University of Pensylvania, and University of Michigan) who created a partnership to offer free courses, under the Coursera website.

The world of education is becoming to get more and more interested, especially for students who seek quality learning on the Internet.