Charter Oak in Connecticut has become the latest American college to approve two edX courses for credit, one produced by MIT and the other by Berkeley. Campus Technology reports the college sees edX as a way to offer students unlimited enrolment and a chance to pay for credits only after mastering the course material as well as eliminate enrolment barriers like the college application, fees, and transcript requests. As an online institution already primed to accept alternative credits, it is thought to be highly likely that Charter Oak State College will expand its partnership with edX further, to go beyond the current computer science and engineering courses.
Charter Oak State College in Connecticut has become the latest American college to approve two edX courses for credit, one produced by MIT and the other by Berkeley. Campus Technology reports the college sees edX as a way to offer students unlimited enrolment and a chance to pay for credits only after mastering the course material as well as eliminate enrolment barriers like the college application, fees, and transcript requests. As an online institution already primed to accept alternative credits, it is thought to be highly likely that Charter Oak will expand its partnership with edX further, to go beyond the current computer science and engineering courses.