EMOOCs 2014: European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit on experiences
and bestpractices in and around MOOCs
Panel: Accreditation policies, certifications and quality
assurance in MOOCs
Lausanne, 10 February 2014
Making the most of MOOCs: quality and credentials
Stamenka Uvali -Trumbi
Former UNESCO, Chief of Higher Education
The quality assurance and certification of MOOCs is a very
topical question, especially at the
receiving end in developing countries. Since learners are
everywhere, these countries want toknow which MOOCs would be of
greatest value in their contexts. But, because MOOCs do notoffer
credit and do not lead to qualifications, traditional quality
assurance frameworks are notinterested in them and do not include
them in their reviews as recent surveys have demonstratedin the US
and in Europe. This presentation will focus on quality assurance
and certification ofMOOCs by placing them into the wider context of
post-traditional providers of higher education.It will present
emerging quality frameworks that could embrace MOOCs, such as the
Council onHigher Education (CHEA) Quality Platform and the Academic
Partnerships Online Guide toPost-traditional Online Learning, give
examples of new awards such as Open Badges and E-Portfolios that
could document learning through MOOCs and will mention prospective
standard-setting instruments such as the UNESCO global convention
on the recognition of highereducation qualifications around the
world.
