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🎉 Congratulations to MIT OpenCourseWare at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States), the winner of the 2026 Open Education Special Award for Excellence as OpenCourseWare Founder and Leader in Open Education! Since launching in 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has freely shared materials from more than 2,500 MIT courses, opening up a world-class education to over 500 million learners worldwide. As the first institution-wide initiative of its kind, it catalyzed a global shift toward open educational resources and inspired universities and individuals around the world to follow. Its commitment to openness, quality and reuse has empowered educators and learners alike, and its vision led to the creation of the OpenCourseWare Consortium in 2005, the foundation of what is now Open Education Global. Thank you, MIT OpenCourseWare, for 25 years of leadership. Much of open education would not be here today without your vision. 👏 📖 Read the full story: https://twp.ai/9ObCN0 🌍 See all 2026 winners: https://twp.ai/4hvxAw #OEAwards26 #OEAwards26Winners #OpenEducation

Pastry or prescription, it all comes down to how you mix. Cedric Devos, a postdoctoral associate in chemical engineering, works on drug delivery systems: particles designed to encapsulate a therapeutic cargo. Much of the research in this area has focused on choosing the right ingredients. Far less has looked at the “baking process” itself: combining the drug delivery components and the therapeutic cargo as rapidly as possible. As Devos explains, the method changes with scale. Small batches use pipette mixing. Larger ones use devices built to mix two fluids efficiently, even at low speeds. At the highest volumes, impinging jet mixers send two streams colliding at high velocity, creating intense turbulence and very rapid mixing. Why it matters: Mixing done well produces drug delivery systems with the right properties for use in patients. Watch more learning moments: learn.mit.edu

When a university needs to train 15,000 students in AI fast, you adapt. Namibia University of Science and Technology did. Over 1,100 people moved from zero AI skills to confident practitioners in six months. Free resources. Strategic focus. Institutional change. Read the full story on MIT Learn: https://bit.ly/3SyELK5

🔥 What does 100 calories really look like? Hint: It's fiery! Watch a burst of energy—97 nutritional calories of it—come alive as 25 mL of isopropyl alcohol combusts in this striking demonstration. Head to MIT Learn to keep learning. Learn.mit.edu

AI is moving faster than the rules most organizations use to oversee it. In this live online workshop, MIT Sloan School of Management’s Jeffrey Saviano walks through real AI incidents, the governance gaps behind them and a framework to help you spot those gaps in your own organization. No technical background required. Thursday, Oct. 22, noon to 1:30 p.m. ET. Register now: https://bit.ly/477FJjV

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Senior engineer Badri Ratnam has taken over 40 online courses from MIT Open Learning since 2012. MITx Courses in physics, mechanical engineering, materials science, and more have helped Badri advance his education and career and explore topics of interest. Read his story on MIT Learn: https://bit.ly/3Nfz29b

Free returns are not free. 📦 Every time you click “return,” a chain of hidden costs kicks in: operational, financial and environmental. In this Open Seminar episode, Massachusetts Institute of Technology research scientist Eva Ponce takes you behind the scenes of product returns, from the supply chain puzzle of getting items to their next stop to how technology and AI can help cut unnecessary returns. Watch the full episode on MIT Learn: https://bit.ly/4ipuGJn Go deeper with these supply chain courses on MIT Learn: Supply Chain Analytics (SC0x): https://bit.ly/4BfYrUA Supply Chain Fundamentals (SC1x): https://bit.ly/4yZyB5O Supply Chain Dynamics (SC3x): https://bit.ly/4hRxbE7

Ever wonder how oysters get from tiny to dinner-ready? Growing them takes a lot of hands-on work, and Manuel Valencia, a research engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is looking at how machine learning could take some of it off the farmer's plate. Want to keep learning? Head to learn.mit.edu

Finding strong developers is hard. June Odongo, founder and CEO of Senga Technologies, faced that challenge when she interviewed Cynthia Wacheke, an electrical engineer who lacked a background in computer science theory but showed real potential in complex problem-solving. Instead of passing on Wacheke, Odongo used MIT OpenCourseWare’s free resources to design a six-month bridging course modeled on the computer science classes she once took. Wacheke is now a full-time software engineer, and the bridging course is a permanent program at Senga. The program also gives the team a clear way to confirm new hires have the skills the company needs. If you’re considering a move into a new field, what gap could a structured plan help you close? Visit MIT Learn and start your own learning journey. learn.mit.edu