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In February 2005, the first meeting of the OpenCourseWare Consortium was held at MIT. In the following two years the Consortium has grown in membership and substance at a rapid rate. It is now a collaboration of more than 120 higher education institutions (including a high ratio of leading universities) and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OCW Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through open courseware. Specific goals are to:
 * 1) Extend the reach and impact of open courseware by encouraging the adoption and adaptation of open educational materials around the world.
 * 2) Foster the development of additional open courseware projects.
 * 3) Ensure the long-term sustainability of open courseware projects by identifying ways to improve effectiveness and reduce costs.