🎓 MIT OpenCourseWare Scraper

🚀 Export MIT's entire free course catalog in seconds. Search by topic, department, or level and get structured data on 2,500+ world-class MIT courses.

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is one of the world's most prestigious free educational resources, offering course materials from nearly every MIT department. This actor connects directly to the OCW search API and extracts structured course data in real time - no browser required, no login needed.

The dataset covers undergraduate and graduate courses from all 30+ MIT departments, spanning engineering, mathematics, science, humanities, economics, and more. Every record includes instructor names, topics, course level, and feature flags for videos, problem sets, and exams.

Coverage: 2,500+ courses from 30+ departments. Undergraduate, graduate, and non-credit levels. All MIT subject areas.

Target Audience / Use Cases

Who	What they build
EdTech developers	Course recommendation engines, curriculum mapping tools
Researchers	Academic dataset analysis, learning outcome studies
Data journalists	Reports on STEM education, free learning resources
Students and learners	Discover MIT courses by topic or department

📋 What the MIT OCW Scraper does

• Searches MIT OpenCourseWare by keyword, topic, or department
• Filters by academic level (undergraduate, graduate)
• Extracts instructor names, departments, course numbers, and full topic trees
• Flags which courses include lecture videos, problem sets, or exams
• Returns direct course URLs for immediate access
• Paginates automatically through all matching results

💡 Why it matters: MIT OpenCourseWare is completely free and has no paywall. This actor makes the entire catalog machine-readable and ready for integration into any application or pipeline.

📊 Data fields

Each record includes: courseNumber, department, hasExams, hasProblemSets, hasVideo, imageUrl, lastModified, level, results, scrapedAt, term, title, url, year. These field names come straight from the actor's dataset schema, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account (includes $5 credit)
2. Open the MIT OpenCourseWare Scraper actor
3. Enter a search query (e.g. "machine learning", "thermodynamics")
4. Optionally filter by department or level
5. Set your maxItems limit
6. Click Start and download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

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This actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by MIT or MIT OpenCourseWare. All data is sourced from publicly available information on ocw.mit.edu. Use responsibly and in accordance with MIT OCW's terms of service.

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