I.M.F. Courses Offered Online - NYTimes.com The International Monetary Fund and edX, a nonprofit online venture started by Harvard and M.I.T., have announced a collaboration to offer the fund's training courses in macroeconomics and finance on the edX platform. Until now, edX has worked only with universities. The first two online courses will be offered to small groups of government officials in the coming months, and then will be opened to the public in 2014. The I.M.F. offers policy-oriented courses to central bank, finance and other officials from its 188 member countries, but will use edX to expand its reach.