Renowned MIT physics professor and virtual education veteran Walter Lewin has added his popular course on electricity and magnetism to this spring’s edX class offerings, announced the online ...

The latest web celeb is a physics professor. Professor Walter Lewin, who teaches an introductory physics course at MIT, has become an internet celebrity thank to his outrageous antics, daredevil ...

There isn’t much that you can’t learn for free on the internet, but it’s not just YouTube tutorials — if you know where to look you can actually get something approximating a world-class education ...

As a professional mechanical engineer, Badri Ratnam was inspired when MIT started offering massive open online courses (MOOCs ...

A free virtual classroom may be just as conducive to learning as a traditional university setting, according to a study of a massive open online course offered by edX. The report, entitled “Learning ...

It's near the start of a new semester of physics. Many faculty are working on their plans for introductory physics courses. How many tests should there be? What about homework? Do I want to cover ...