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Coursera: American Council on Education to Evaluate Credit Equivalency for Coursera
We are pleased to have recently announced that we have begun working with the American Council on Education (ACE) to initiate a credit-equivalence evaluation of a select few of the courses offered on Coursera. This new third party evaluation, conducted through ACE’s College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT®), has the potential to make these select courses completed on Coursera eligible for college transfer credit at institutions choosing to accept the ACE recommendations. ACE CREDIT® is a recognized authority in assessing non-traditional education experiences and helping students gain credit for courses and exams taken outside traditional degree programs. ACE CREDIT®’s review process enlists a team of academic faculty to assess courses and exams for the purpose of making college credit recommendations. These recommendations are generally accepted by more than 2,000 colleges and universities in the US, opening the possibility for students enrolled at one…