Benefits and Costs of MOOC - Based Alternative Credentials

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Benefits and Costs of MOOC - Based Alternative Credentials
Fiona Hollands, Aasiya Kazi, Columbia University, 2018/12/07
This is generally a good study (10 page PDF). "The hypothesis of the current study is that courses offered as a series with a culminating credential could be even more beneficial than individual MOOCs." I would call the outcome "inconclusive". The authors discuss, for example, credentials such as the micro-Masters, which can be offered at a much lower cost via MOOCs, and appear to have some currency in the workplace. More...