Dive Brief:
- MIT says it will offer special certificates to students who complete a MOOC sequence on EdX.
- The first of these sequences, Foundations of Computer Science, consists of seven courses and is beginning this fall.
- Proctored exams to verify students' identities and guard against cheating are expected to total about $700 for each certificate.
Dive Insight:
Beyond the computer science program, MIT plans to offer Supply Chain and Logistics Management beginning next fall. In offering certificates to students who complete MOOCs, edX is joining the ranks of Coursera, which recently announced that it had made $1 million so far this year doing so.
