http://enews.ksu.edu.sa/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UWN.jpgBy Peta Lee. In what is seen as a breakthrough for students, Europe’s MOOCs platform iversity is working with two universities in Germany to award academic credit to students who pass an on-campus exam after taking a massive open online course.
The University of Osnabrück and the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, or FH Lübeck, will be the first to take the step, in a collaboration with iversity, awarding successful students ECTS – European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System – credits for MOOCs. Read more...