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For one learner, online MIT courses are "like getting a Ferrari for the price of an electric scooter"

Mar 5, 2026

As a professional mechanical engineer, Badri Ratnam was inspired when MIT started offering massive open online courses (MOOCs) in engineering and science in 2012. He wondered if he…

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