Assessment’s Place in the New MOOC World

Cathy Sandeen   |    Email Article Download Article

Cathy Sandeen is Vice President for Education Attainment and Innovation at American Council on Education, the nation’s largest organization providing leadership and advocacy for all sectors of higher education. Within this role she develops and articulates ACE’s attainment agenda and currently oversees a large research project on Massive Open Online Courses. Until January 2013, she served as dean of Continuing Education and UCLA Extension at the University of California, Los Angeles. This essay provides a brief primer on the evolution of MOOCs, an overview of major forces and trends shaping this evolution, and the role of assessment within the MOOC context.



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