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Alfaisal University is on its path to become the leading educational institution
in the area. The university has always shown its commitment to the community by endorsing
viable concepts and efforts made to propagate high standards of education in the region,
moreover worldwide. One new example is vividly illustrated by the university's initiative
to be one of the hosts of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's online courses known
as MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT OpenCourseWare is an online, free and open educational resource
directed towards educators, students and self-learners around the world. MIT OpenCourseWare can be
reached through Alfaisal University's mirror site by connecting to ocw.alfaisal.edu. Registration
to the website is not required. The user can immediately access the site's resources including
1,800 courses as of December 2009 featuring departments such as engineering, health sciences,
management and as many as 35 other departments. Audio/Visual Courses. MIT Curriculum Guide.
OpenCourseWare content has been installed at a small number of mirror sites at educational
institutions around the world. Evaluation data shows that these mirror sites are having
a 'significant positive impact on teaching and learning in regions where these mirror
sites are set up.' The hosting of MIT OpenCourseWare by Alfaisal University would make course materials
that are used by MIT faculties accessible to students and educators from the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia in particular and from the Middle-Eastern region in general.