MOOCs and Accreditation: Focus on the Quality of "Direct-to-Students" Education - Judith S. Eaton, President CHEA

We are again talking about innovation in higher education and it is a refreshing change. The most conspicuous, challenging and controversial subject of these discussions is “MOOCs” – massive open online courses. MOOCs such as Coursera, Udacity and edX, all launched in early 2012, have received extensive media coverage accompanied by a lot of commentary. What type of education is offered here? Will it last? How do we judge its quality? Is there a role for accreditation? http://www.chea.org/ia/IA_2012.10.31.html