The except below got this discussion started... And my question - then does it make a difference to the students, the instituition and/or the employer if the student has to pay something to receive the credit or certification? Does cost change the validity or significance to any of the parties?
>From Donnalee Donaldson In Rwanda, there are only enough university seats for less than 10% of the college-aged population. So there are thousands of students who want a university education, and they consider MOOCs or other online courses to be a great alternative. People place an extremely high value on certificates/certification here, so even having a Coursera certificate affiliated with a prominent US institution would be valued. Many of my students believe that employers will be impressed by any certification or degree coming from a US institution. The fact that it is online doesn't matter. -- -- 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.
