Dive Summary:
- As part of a study on how well MOOCs prepare transfer students for traditional classroom learning, The University of Maryland University College is offering transfer credit for some MOOCs and is one of seven schools nationwide that have agreed to track student progress.
- UMUC is granting credit for six courses — two from Udacity and four from Coursera — provided students prove they know the material, either by taking a paid version of the course with proctored exams or by completing an assessment by the school.
- The decision to grant credit was announced this summer; so far, no students have signed on.
From the article:
... The study, which is also looking at the demographics of students and the teaching methods MOOCs use, is one segment of a multi-part project. It was developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is sponsoring several studies on MOOCs — including one pairing the online courses with traditional classroom instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park — and the American Council on Education, a higher education advocacy association based in Washington. ...
