Online 'Micro-Masters' Programmes Extend Their Reach

The 'micro-masters' online degree is gaining momentum, and the biggest challenge to colleges in running the programmes may be preventing cheating and fraud. More than a dozen colleges announced plans on Tuesday to offer an alternative credential by that name — roughly equivalent to between a quarter and a half of the course material from a typical masters degree — that students can finish by taking a series of short online courses without first going through any admissions process. 

Among them are Columbia University, offering a micro-credential in artificial intelligence, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which unveiled micro-masters degrees in user experience research design, leading educational innovation and improvement, and social work: practice, policy and research.

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