Online Learning Update

January 24, 2014

Coursera Flirts With Diplomas: Online ‘Specialization’ Is $250

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:06 am

by George Anders, Forbes

Coursera will start awarding Specializations for students who have mastered a series of closely connected online courses — and are willing to pay $250 to $500 for validation of their work. Coursera’s latest initiative is further blurring what used to be a very sharp distinction between full-fledged universities and the anything-goes ethos of massively open online courses (or MOOCs.)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2014/01/21/coursera-flirts-with-diplomas-online-specialization-is-250/

Share on Facebook

No Comments

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.

Powered by WordPress