ID Verified Certificates in MOOCs

Resource ID Verified Certificates in MOOCs

Carolyn

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ID Verified Certificates in MOOCs - Guide to ID-verified certificates offered by edX, Coursera & Udacity

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are free online courses offered by universities, organisations and industry experts to anyone wishing to learn. Some MOOCs offer free statements of accomplishment for successful completion of a course. For a fee, however, a number of MOOC providers also award successful graduates with a “verified certificate”. These are particularly useful if you are studying MOOCs for career or academic advancement as they provide proof that it was...

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Yoav Freund / UCSD

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I believe that, at least on the short term, the only way that certification will be taken seriously is through
test centers.

Does anybody know of actual operating test centers for Mooc students working towards a certificate?

Thanks!
Yoav
 

Carolyn

Founder at MoocLab
Staff member
Group Manager
I believe that, at least on the short term, the only way that certification will be taken seriously is through
test centers.

Does anybody know of actual operating test centers for Mooc students working towards a certificate?

Thanks!
Yoav

UK-based MOOC provider FutureLearn offers Statements of Attainment by exam on some of their courses in partnership with Pearson VUE which operates a network of secure test centers in 180 countries.
You can find out more about FutureLearn's Staements of Attainment here: FAQ - FutureLearn
You can find a list of Pearson VUE testing programs here: For Test Takers :: Pearson VUE
 
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