A Few Thoughts on MOOC Credit (and “Life” credit)

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Few Thoughts on MOOC Credit (and “Life” credit)
Steven D. Krause, stevendkrause.com, February 15, 2013
I got into this discussion about badges with Billy Meinke today (see the link to the video below) and one of the comments I made is that, with the sort of MOOCs I'm thinking about, your contributions are your badges. But it raises the whole question of credentialing and assessment in general. More...