Penn State’s Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL) recently hosted a presentation from the UK’s Open University on how public courses paired with paid assessments could benefit Universities and students alike. The public course (previously known as a MOOC) would allow students to brush up on a topic prior to paying for the assessment. The work being done at MIT and edX on pairing public courses with paid assessments was also recently published in US News:
“Credentials that recognize achievement on a smaller scale than degrees, ranging from digital badges to credit-bearing certificates, have gained momentum in online higher education, experts say. Now, some universities are implementing online programs, like the MicroMaster’s, that are “stackable” in nature, so students can earn a series of smaller credentials as they progress toward their final goal.”
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