OCW is accessed by a broadly international population of educators and learners.
MIT OpenCourseWare receives over 2 million visits each month. These visits come from all over the world, with over half coming from outside of North America:
Our audience is divided among students, educators, and self-learners:
MIT OpenCourseWare is being successfully used for a wide range of purposes.
| Use Scenario |
% of Use |
| Educators |
Improve personal knowledge |
31% |
| Learn new teaching methods |
23% |
| Incorporate OCW materials into a course |
20% |
| Find reference material for my students |
15% |
| Develop curriculum for my department or school |
8% |
| Students |
Enhance personal knowledge |
46% |
| Complement a current course |
34% |
| Plan a course of study |
16% |
Self
Learners |
Explore areas outside my professional field |
40% |
| Review basic concepts in my professional field |
18% |
| Prepare for future course of study |
18% |
| Keep current with developments in my field |
17% |
| Complete a work-related project or task |
4% |
MIT OpenCourseWare has already had significant impact and visitors expect even greater impact in the future.
- 80% of visitors rate OCW's impact as extremely positive or positive; 91% expect that level of future impact.
- 96% of educators say the site has/will help improve courses.
- 96% of visitors would recommend the site.
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Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Energy Systems (13.022)
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Instructor(s)
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Prof.
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Spring 2002
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Course Number
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2.24
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Level
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Undergraduate/Graduate
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Features
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Lecture Notes, Student Work
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