I JUST brought the topic of MOOCs up at yesterday's Advising Council meeting -- discussing ways in which our students might use MOOCs. Most obvious was taking MOOCs to prep for CLEP tests (don't you just love Education's alphabet soup?).
Now this from Inside Higher Ed...
California lawmaker pushing state institutions to accept MOOCs for credit.
"The proposal is certain to draw plenty of attention in California and beyond. Its symbolic importance is enormous, observers said, as lawmakers in the nation’s largest state look for help from nonaccredited, for-profit companies to meet student demand. And the legislation could create the most promising credit-bearing path to emerge for MOOCs, which have been touted as a “disruptive” force in higher education."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/13/california-bill-encourage-mooc-credit-public-colleges#ixzz2NQl1DdSf
Inside Higher Ed
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