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"The MIT OCW program is a generous and far-sighted initiative that will do more to change the world for the better than a thousand Iraq- style invasions," the MIT site quotes Leigh Pascoe, a self-learner in Paris, as saying. "It does much to restore my faith in the enlightenment of the American people and their great experiment in democracy. This program should be emulated by every university worthy of the name."

This is a really wonderful gift to the world. Free education that can inform people and make them aware of themselves and their surroundings. It can empower people to realise that they have many more options than perhaps they ever dreamed of. The money that has gone into this project can do more to expand the potential of each individual than if one thousand thousand times that amount were simply plugged into international educational initiatives. As the article says, this is really what democracy is about.