[Oer-community] Fwd: American group to study accreditation of commercial MOOCs

Steve Foerster steve at hiresteve.com
Mon Nov 19 14:03:39 MST 2012


Via Rory, Terry Anderson wrote:

 > a definite sign that accreditation is drawing interest- even if
 > currently beyond regional accrediting regimes.

Sort of.  ACE evaluation isn't accreditation, but some institutions will 
take ACE-evaluated courses as the equivalent to transfer credit on a 
limited basis.

I'm not knocking it, though -- it's definitely a step in the right 
direction.

-=Steve=-


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