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6002x-faq.html

@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ version of 6.002.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-  The course introduces engineering in the context of the lumped
-  circuit abstraction. Topics covered include: resistive elements and
-  networks; independent and dependent sources; switches and MOS
-  transistors; digital abstraction; amplifiers; energy storage
-  elements; dynamics of first- and second-order networks; design in
-  the time and frequency domains; and analog and digital circuits and
-  applications.
+ The course introduces engineering in the context of the lumped
+ circuit abstraction. Topics covered include: resistive elements and
+ networks; independent and dependent sources; switches and MOS
+ transistors; digital abstraction; amplifiers; energy storage
+ elements; dynamics of first- and second-order networks; design in
+ the time and frequency domains; and analog and digital circuits and
+ applications.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ succeed in taking the course.
 
 <p>
 In 6.002x, students are encouraged to have the knowledge obtained from
-an AP or college-level physics course in electricity and
-magnetism. Students must know basic calculus and linear algebra, and
+a college-level physics course in electricity and
+magnetism (or from an advanced secondary-education course in electricity and magnetism, as with an Advanced Placement course in the United States). Students must know basic calculus and linear algebra, and
 have some basic background in differential equations.
 </p>
 
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ posted on the course website when the course comes online.
 </p>
 
 <h2>
-Do I need to buy a textbook?  
+Do I need to buy a textbook? 
 </h2>
 <p>
 The course uses the textbook Foundations of Analog and Digital
 Electronic Circuits, by Anant Agarwal and Jeffrey H. Lang. Morgan
 Kaufmann Publishers, Elsevier, July 2005. Relevant sections will be
-provided electronically as part of the online course.  While the
-textbook is recommended, it is not required.  The electronic text is
+provided electronically as part of the online course. While the
+textbook is recommended, it is not required. The electronic text is
 provided for personal use in connection with this course only. The
 copyright for the book is owned by Elsevier. The book can be purchased
 on Amazon.
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ will be unavailable.
 When will the next courses become available and what topics will they be on?
 </h2>
 <p>
-  Additional courses will be announced
-  on <a href="http://mitx.mit.edu">mitx.mit.edu</a> as they become
-  available. We expect this will happen in fall 2012.
+ Additional courses will be announced
+ on <a href="http://mitx.mit.edu">mitx.mit.edu</a> as they become
+ available. We expect this will happen in fall 2012.
 </p>
 </div>
 </section>

6002x-press-release.html

@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ modest fee.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Enrollment in 6.002x is limited, and registrations will be taken on a
-first-come, first-served basis. Further courses are expected to become
+Further courses are expected to become
 available beginning in the fall.
 </p>
 

mitx-overview.html

@@ -7,85 +7,85 @@
 <p> Education has entered an era of rapid, exciting,
 technology-enabled change. At MIT, we welcome the opportunity to
 harness the power of on-line technology for our students and for the
-world.  On December 19, 2011, we announced MITx, an initiative to
-offer exciting, challenging, and enriching courses to anyone,
+world. On December 19, 2011, we announced MITx, an initiative to
+offer exciting, challenging and enriching courses to anyone,
 anywhere, who has the motivation and ability to engage MIT&rsquo;s
 educational content.</p>
 
 <p> Ten years ago, MIT
-launched <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm">OpenCourseware</a>,
+launched <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm">OpenCourseWare</a>,
 which places online the course materials for substantially the entire
 MIT curriculum, and was the genesis of today&rsquo;s worldwide
-movement in free, open educational resources.  MITx is the next step
+movement in free, open educational resources. MITx is the next step
 in opening MIT&rsquo;s educational doors to the world. Through OCW and
-MITx, MIT invites the world to join it in the passion, hard work, and
+MITx, MIT invites the world to join it in the passion, hard work and
 thrill of learning and discovery.</p>
 
 <h2>MITx will e-publish interactive online courses that:</h2>
 
 <ul>
-  <li>Empower students to learn at their own pace;</li>
-  <li>Offer online laboratories where students can experiment and apply their learning;</li>
-  <li>Connect students to each other in online discussion groups and wiki-based collaborative learning; </li>
-  <li>Challenge learners with MIT-rigor course materials; and</li>
-  <li>Assess individual student learning as the student progresses through the course.</li>
+ <li>Empower students to learn at their own pace;</li>
+ <li>Offer online laboratories where students can experiment and apply their learning;</li>
+ <li>Connect students to each other in online discussion groups and wiki-based collaborative learning; </li>
+ <li>Challenge learners with MIT-rigor course materials; and</li>
+ <li>Assess individual student learning as the student progresses through the course.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <p> MITx students who demonstrate their mastery of a subject can earn
 a certificate of completion awarded by MITx.</p>
 
 <p> MITx courses will be available to the world through an Internet
-platform that MIT will make freely available.  MIT hopes that other
+platform that MIT will make freely available. MIT hopes that other
 educational institutions, anywhere in the world, will adapt and use
 the platform to publish their own educational content online for the
-benefit of learners.  Because the platform will be open-source and
+benefit of learners. Because the platform will be open-source and
 scalable, adopters and users can continuously improve it, for the
 benefit of everyone.</p>
 
 <h2> Why Is MIT Creating MITx?</h2>
 
-<p> Excellence in teaching and learning.  MIT must always provide its
-students the very best teaching and learning tools possible.  MIT
+<p> Excellence in teaching and learning. MIT must always provide its
+students the very best teaching and learning tools possible. MIT
 began experimenting with online technologies in its educational
-programs long before we launched OCW in 2001.  We have only increased
+programs long before we launched OCW in 2001. We have only increased
 our emphasis in recent years, as several MIT committees have studied
 how MIT might enhance the learning experience of its students and
 expand its impact worldwide through new online offerings.</p>
 
 <p> These efforts, combined with those of numerous individual MIT
 faculty members, confirmed MIT&rsquo;s conviction that digital
-technologies enrich learning.  Many other innovative institutions and
+technologies enrich learning. Many other innovative institutions and
 enterprises believe the same and are bringing creative online
-offerings forward.  Having brain-stormed, investigated, and studied,
-we were ready to act and eager to start.  We announced our MITx
+offerings forward. Having brain-stormed, investigated and studied,
+we were ready to act and eager to start. We announced our MITx
 aspiration to capture and encourage the energy of our faculty in
-creating new online teaching and learning tools.  </p>
+creating new online teaching and learning tools. </p>
 
 <p> Once up and running, MITx will be a laboratory for online
-learning.  Whether MITx learners are MIT&rsquo;s on-campus students,
+learning. Whether MITx learners are MIT&rsquo;s on-campus students,
 university students elsewhere, or independent learners, MITx will help
 us understand how online learning occurs and how virtual communities
 of learners assemble -- information that in turn will allow us to
-improve both MITx and our on-campus teaching.  </p>
+improve both MITx and our on-campus teaching. </p>
 
-<p> Access to higher education.  MITx will help shatter barriers to
-education.  The constraints of MIT&rsquo;s physical campus allow us to
-admit less than 10 percent of our undergraduate applicants.  We teach
+<p> Access to higher education. MITx will help shatter barriers to
+education. The constraints of MIT&rsquo;s physical campus allow us to
+admit less than 10 percent of our undergraduate applicants. We teach
 on-campus only a tiny fraction of the people in the world with the
-ability and motivation to learn MIT content.  Online technology
+ability and motivation to learn MIT content. Online technology
 provides a new and different portal into MIT-quality education.
 Through MITx, MIT educational content can reach, augment, and enrich
 the education and livelihood of many learners who cannot attend
-MIT.  </p>
+MIT. </p>
 
-<p> MITx does not provide a full MIT education.  Our residential
+<p> MITx does not provide a full MIT education. Our residential
 campus is the heart of MIT&rsquo;s knowledge creation and
-dissemination.  MIT students enjoy a comprehensive curriculum and
-distinct educational environment.  Without MIT, there would be no
-MITx.  </p>
+dissemination. MIT students enjoy a comprehensive curriculum and
+distinct educational environment. Without MIT, there would be no
+MITx. </p>
 
-<p> Advancing the public good.  MITx is an opportunity to help
-preserve and expand higher education as a public good.  Historically,
+<p> Advancing the public good. MITx is an opportunity to help
+preserve and expand higher education as a public good. Historically,
 the investment of public and private assets in enormous amounts has
 produced the public benefits of knowledge creation and dissemination,
 leading to capable citizens, innovation, job creation, economic
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ education to migrate online, MIT sees the opportunity to democratize
 education with unprecedented efficiency and scalability. We possess a
 strong desire and feel a compelling obligation to offer a
 not-for-profit, mission-driven, open-technology approach to online
-learning. MITx is our contribution.  </p>
+learning. MITx is our contribution. </p>
 
 </div>
 </section>