The OpenCourseWare project (which is a web-based publication of university course content) has been adopted by many world-renowned universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, and Carnegie Mellon University.  In fact, MIT has posted every undergraduate and graduate course online and made over 1800 courses freely available around the world.

Stanford recently decided to provide access to its courses and lectures through iTunes U -- the courses can be downloaded onto iPods, PCs and Macs and can also be burned onto CDs. It is now possible for anyone with internet access anywhere in the world to tap into a rich repository of hundreds of classes in computer programming, engineering, philosophy, psychology, legal studies, art history, astronomy, and a wide range of other subjects.  MIT states on its website that OCW materials have been accessed by an estimated 50 million individuals from more than 200 countries, with 60% of the traffic coming from outside North America. However, in many of the poorer countries today, only the rich can afford internet access. An alternative model such as radio broadcasting of OCW materials might be a viable option instead.  To find out more about the MIT OpenCourseWare project, visit http://ocw.mit.edu.