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Download full textBuban, Jill – Online Learning Consortium, 2017
The Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) and The Presidents' Forum have released a new study authored and researched by the Online Learning Consortium's Dr. Jill Buban, which sheds light on how adult learning institutions address students who possess alternative credentials and seek to apply these experiences to a degree. This…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Prior Learning, Community Colleges, State Colleges
Peer reviewedStone, Jason – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
Emerging alongside the open educational resources movement of the past decade, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been widely heralded as advancing cause of providing increased access to higher education. The article explores the implications of the recommendation by the American Council on Education (ACE) to offer college credit for a…
Descriptors: College Credits, Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Organizations (Groups)
Ganzglass, Evelyn; Bird, Keith; Prince, Heath – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2011
The national goal of increasing postsecondary credentials, to improve both equity and economic competitiveness, requires a fresh look at how to recognize learning in noncredit workforce education and training. The credit hour has long been the standard academic currency in postsecondary education. Despite its weakness as a measure of learning, in…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Competency Based Education, College Credits, Noncredit Courses
