Interesting discussion. Specially in countries like India, where many 'prestigious' institutions offer subsidized education, it may be tricky to monetize MOOC like credit courses. How will the equalizer work within OERu member institutions? Nutan Bharati
Nutan Bharati *Teaching Quotient* www.TeachingQuotient.com <http://www.teachingquotient.com/> 91 011 45011403 (O) [email protected] https://groups.google.com/d/forum/ltq4m On 17 August 2014 07:26, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/wikieducator/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/wikieducator/topics> > > - Paying for credit <#147e1ae571424cea_group_thread_0> - 1 Update > > Paying for credit > <http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator/t/fcdbee1877aecf8a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > [email protected]: Aug 15 10:19PM -0400 > > I imagine that at least in the US charges would be of two kinds. Usually, > students would charged whatever the college or university's "usual and > customary" fees are per credit hour...which can vary from a few hundred to > a thousand dollars or more depending on many things such as the perceived > "prestige" of the institution. In a few cases where colleges have > mechanisms for awarding credits through Prior Learning Assessment, the fees > could be considerably less, but often PLA would only be awarded to > matriculated students as part of an approved degree. > > I would hope that eventually OERu member institutions would grand credit > for OERu courses at a reasonable fee that would be far less than the "usual > and customary" rates but I suppose this would be an individual > institutional decision. Hope this helps a bit. Joyce McKnight > > [email protected] wrote: ----- > > To: [email protected] > > From: Vtaylor > > Sent by: [email protected] > > Date: 08/15/2014 06:21AM > > Subject: [WikiEducator] Paying for credit > > 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. > Back to top <#147e1ae571424cea_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/wikieducator/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- -- 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.
