NVAO’s position on MOOCs and online HE
In its memorandum “MOOCs and online HE” NVAO has further explored the potential of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), of online education in general, and of blended learning. This memorandum explores scenarios in which a higher education institution in the Netherlands or Flanders: is seeking the best way to handle the acknowledgement of online courses […]
CHEA (US) plans external review of MOOCs
“A global quality platform to review non-institutional education providers is to be piloted by America’s Council for Higher Education Accreditation and its International Quality Group. The platform is aimed at protecting students and is a response to the explosion of non-traditional provision – including MOOCs – and increasingly international higher education. In a nutshell, the […]
Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges
“In the short term, course by course, student outcomes are worse in online courses than in traditional courses. However, when we examine long-term outcomes, the picture looks brighter. Students who take at least some online courses are more likely than those who take only traditional courses to earn an associate’s degree or to transfer to a four-year institution. […]
