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Micro-credentials and Specializations for the Masses: Alternatives for a Nontraditional Age

Micro-credentials & specializations for the masses: Alternatives for a nontraditional age with guests: Fiona Holland, Aasiya Kazi, Katherine Javier and Yuan Chang Ginsberg

Credentials. Seems everyone wants more credentials these days in a quest to find value in this fast-changing world. And they have scant time to wait for them or to move to a campus-based program. Coursera has its various “Specializations” and edX has its “MicroMasters.” And then there are “Nanodegrees” from Udacity and likely many other terms used to describe programs of study that are typically much shorter in length and…

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