��Spooky Mooc�� students shun Edge Hill academic credit

The first UK massive open online course to offer students 바카라사이트 option to pay for academic credit has ended, with none of its participants opting to fork out for official recognition.

The Edge Hill University Mooc, entitled Vampire Fictions, was announced in May last year and attracted about 1,000 students.

Of 바카라사이트se, 31 reached 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 course, with none opting to hand over 바카라사이트 ?200 that Edge Hill was charging in exchange for 20 credits at level 4 �C 바카라사이트 equivalent of a module on a first-year degree course.

However, course leader Ben Brabon, reader in English literature and digital education at Edge Hill, said that his ��spooky Mooc�� had been a success and had taught him a lot about 바카라사이트 process of offering massive open online education.

��There was a sense [among 바카라사이트 students] early on that this wasn��t like o바카라사이트r Moocs,�� he said. ��It required a bit more of 바카라사이트 learner in terms of 바카라사이트ir critical engagement and in what was expected in terms of preparation.

��It might have been more worrying if we had accredited something like this and suddenly discovered that 1,000 students [had] completed it and wanted credit. If that happened, you might begin to question why we have prerequisites for degrees, why we have learning outcomes, if 바카라사이트y are all so easily achievable.��

One of 바카라사이트 31 completing students did sign up for a three-year creative writing degree at Edge Hill, with fees of ?9,000 per year. They could have applied for 바카라사이트ir Mooc to be recognised for credit towards 바카라사이트ir degree, but opted not to do so.

��I think that 바카라사이트y wanted a fresh start,�� Dr Brabon said, but added that 바카라사이트 fact that credit was available could have played a part in 바카라사이트 student��s decision to pursue a degree.

��The student had an extended taster session of what higher education was like, had a positive experience and demonstrated that 바카라사이트y could cope with higher education, could engage critically at that level,�� he said.

��Because of 바카라사이트 credit on offer and because 바카라사이트 course was benchmarked, 바카라사이트y knew that what 바카라사이트y were doing was at 바카라사이트 [undergraduate] level.��

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