The intent of MIT OpenCourseWare is that our site should reflect the materials used in courses taught at MIT. The reason for this policy is that the materials presented on the MIT OpenCourseWare site are authored by members of the MIT Faculty, and thus, our faculty will take final responsibility for these materials. It would be difficult for MIT OpenCourseWare to guarantee the accuracy and originality of materials we received from outside sources. However, we encourage other universities to create their own open courseware in which materials from their courses would be posted online and openly shared with the world.
For more information about how your institution can openly publish its course materials in an OpenCourseWare environment, please visit the Open Education Global site (formerly Open Education Consortium) or the open educational resources commons: OER Commons.