The Khan Academy offering 1800+ free tutorial videos by topic
The Khan Academy is an organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. The web site content is receiving a lot of accolades, and a growing number of students are benefiting from Khan’s work.
Salman Khan is a spree born and raised in New Orleans. Khan holds degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MS in electrical engineering and computer science. He also holds MBA from Harvard Business School.
In 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin in mathematics. When other relatives and friends sought his tutorage, he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. Their popularity there and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to focus on the Academy full-time.
In December 2009, Khan's YouTube-hosted tutorials receive over 35,000 views per day. Each video runs for approximately ten minutes. Khan Academy's current content is mainly concerned with pre-college mathematics and physics, Khan states that his aim is to provide "tens of thousands of videos in pretty much every subject" and to create "the world's first free, world-class virtual school".