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World Impact

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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.