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MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is the foundational open-educational-resources initiative launched in 2002 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a substantial pre-MOOC open-courseware-publication initiative making MIT undergraduate-and-graduate course materials freely available globally. The platform has accumulated substantial content with approximately 2,500+ courses across MIT's major departments plus substantial archived video-lecture recordings, problem sets, exam-and-solution materials, reading lists, plus the substantial broader MIT OCW infrastructure.\n\nThe pedagogical approach combines substantial archival-publication of authentic MIT course materials (rather than purpose-built MOOC content), substantial MIT-faculty-led courses including the substantial Walter Lewin physics lectures (the substantial Walter Lewin Physics 8.01 and 8.02 video-lecture series that became among the most-watched physics-lecture content globally though Walter Lewin's post-2014 sexual-harassment investigation led to MIT removing his content from MIT-OCW labels though substantial third-party copies remain available), Gilbert Strang's linear-algebra lectures (Math 18.06 Linear Algebra), Eric Lander's introductory biology (Biology 7.01x), plus the substantial broader MIT OCW course catalog. The substantial MIT OpenLearning Library (the substantial post-2017 successor for some MIT online content) plus the substantial MITx Coursera and edX course offerings extend the broader MIT online-learning footprint.\n\nFor a globally-mobile professional, MIT OCW provides substantial free-of-charge MIT-faculty-grade content. The substantial Indian-learner engagement is substantial particularly among Indian engineering-and-science students preparing for graduate-school-applications plus the substantial Indian-academic community using MIT OCW for self-study. The platform operates with substantial philanthropic-funding support including substantial Hewlett Foundation legacy plus the substantial Mellon Foundation continued support.