Earning Credit Through Open Courses and Prior Learning Assessment - GlobeNewswire

College has developed a new pathway that allows students to complete an Associate in Science in Business Administration degree by taking free, open, online courses from the Saylor Foundation that are aligned with the college's prior learning assessment program. "In the past two years, there has been much debate about how open online courses benefit students," said Marc Singer, vice provost of the college's Center for the Assessment of Learning. "Our program enables students to take high-quality open courses at no cost and then apply what they learned in those open courses by taking our assessments. This process allows them to earn credit that can be applied to a degree program at Thomas Edison State College." http://www.itnewsonline.com/news/Earning-Credit-Through-Open-Courses-and-Prior-Learning-Assessment/31850/6/3