Hi Fabiana, Yes I'm aware of Coursera's signature track. Do you know of any published examples of learners applying these certificates toward university credit or other MOOC providers which provide pathways to credit for university degrees.
Wayne Mackintosh OER Foundation UNESCO, COL & ICDE Chair in OER (Mobile) On Aug 15, 2014 11:01 PM, "Fabiana Kubke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne, > I do a few coursera courses and there is the option of getting a validated > identity certificate for a fee and now I am taking a series of courses > which I could put together as a specialisation, also for a fee. > Fabiana > > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Wayne Mackintosh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Valerie, >> >> Of interest which MOOC providers offer options for formal academic credit >> towards University degrees? >> >> W >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 10:21 PM, Vtaylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is considerable interest from students in earning credit of >>> completing open courses. Many MOOCs and open courses do offer the option of >>> receiving credit or certification and there is normally a fee associated >>> with that. >>> >>> Just curious >>> >>> - What is the range of costs to students for credit or certification? >>> - What percentage of the registered students do get credit or >>> certification? How is that handled by the granting institution? >>> - What is the region of origin for students seeking credit? Are they >>> in the same region as the granting institution? Are they in regions >>> without >>> credit granting institutions? Are the students in regions where credit >>> granting institutions can not serve all the students wanting credit >>> through >>> traditional courses? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >>> To visit the discussion forum: >>> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >> Director OER Foundation >> UNESCO, COL and ICDE Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic & OER Foundation >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter: Mackiwg >> >> -- >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "WikiEducator" group. >> To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org >> To visit the discussion forum: >> http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "WikiEducator" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > M Fabiana Kubke > Chair Advisory Panel Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand > <http://www.creativecommons.org.nz/> > Department of Anatomy | University of Auckland | New Zealand > (+64) 9 373-7599 Ext 86002 | (+64)9 923 6002 (direct) | Mobile: (+64) 210 > 437 121 > > Skype: superfabs | http://twitter.com/Kubke | http://twitter.com/DrKupcake > | http://blogs.plos.org/mindthebrain/ | http://kubke.wordpress.com | > http://buildingblogsofscience.wordpress.com | > http://sciblogs.co.nz/building-blogs-of-science | > http://popscinz.wordpress.com | http://talkingteaching.wordpress.com > > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "WikiEducator" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
