From MITNews- "Will there be an admissions process? EdX will be available to anyone in the world with an Internet connection, and in general, there will not b

From MITNews- "Will there be an admissions process? EdX will be available to anyone in the world with an Internet connection, and in general, there will not be an admissions process. For a modest fee — and as determined by the edX board, MIT and Harvard — credentials will be granted only to students who earn them by demonstrating mastery of the material of a subject." Although your credentials won't say Harvard or MIT.