Hi Terese

I thought I should reply privately to say that I’d be very interested in the outcome of your project. We are about to launch a series of Badged Open Courses on OpenLearn, starting in August. I will be closely monitoring the impact of these and how we might take things further i.e. possibilities of linking to credit in the future. So, anything you can share would be gratefully received.

We will of course release our data into the open too when we’ve established impact and are working with the Centre for Recording Achievement to share findings with other HEIs in the UK.

Kind regards,

Patrina

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The Open Media Unit

The Open University

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From: Bird, Terese M. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 July 2014 13:54
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Subject: Examples of MOOC accreditation beyond platform badges

Hello,

I'm involved in a project eMundus one of the deliverables of which is to find examples of universities which are offering accreditation for MOOCs or other study founded upon open educational practice -- especially if the university is doing so in collaboration with other universities. By accreditation I refer to something more substantial a platform badge or certificate from the platform.

The OER University is an example of this; I'm sure there must be others perhaps not as well-developed but on the way. Have you heard of anything like this?

Many thanks indeed,

Terese Bird

University of Leicester

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