{"170931":{"#nid":"170931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Evaluation Process Initiated for Coursera Courses","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECoursera and the American Council on Education (ACE) have announced that they will work together to determine whether a select number of massive open online courses (MOOCs) will be accredited. Currently, students successfully completing a course may receive a certificate of accomplishment but not college credit. Today\u2019s announcement has the potential to make some completed Coursera courses eligible for college transfer credit at institutions choosing to accept the ACE recommendations.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The evaluation process for selected courses is expected to begin later this month, although the specific classes haven\u2019t been identified.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology announced a partnership with Coursera last summer. Registration is open for eight classes led by Georgia Tech professors, and more than 141,000 are already enrolled.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Today\u0027s announcements by Coursera and ACE to initiate credit equivalence evaluation is an exciting and natural progression of the ongoing experimentation with MOOCs,\u201d said Georgia Tech Provost Rafael Bras. \u201cGeorgia Tech is proud to be among the pioneering leaders in this experiment. We seek to make quality content available to many around the world and to improve our outstanding residential education experience. At the same time, we will continue to address outstanding issues such as assessment, integrity and appropriate business models.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read the ACE press release, click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.acenet.edu\/news-room\/Pages\/ACE-to-Assess-Potential-of-MOOCs,-Evaluate-Courses-for-Credit-Worthiness.aspx\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECoursera and the American Council on Education (ACE) have announced that they will work together to determine whether a select number of massive open online courses (MOOCs) will be accredited.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27560","created_gmt":"2012-11-13 14:48:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:10","author":"Jason Maderer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=170831","title":"Georgia Tech Expands MOOC Offerings"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=140591","title":"Georgia Tech Signs Agreement with Coursera"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"52381","name":"American Council on Education"},{"id":"38281","name":"Coursera"},{"id":"14385","name":"mooc"},{"id":"14511","name":"online learning"},{"id":"937","name":"provost"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003EMedia Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-2966\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}