MOOC certificates : past and current debates over a rapidly evolving object
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During the early 2010s, MOOCs acquired a considerable notoriety ; hundreds of thousands of their certificates, free at first, flooded the Web. Many believed that the end of the diplomas as we knew them was near. Some started comparing the success of these courses based on the number of certificates that were delivered. More often than not, the increasingly numerous debates over these questions tended to forget the diversity of situations these certificates encompassed. Some indeed validated skills, but most of them were the digital equivalent of an attendance sheet, as suggested by an investigation we carried out into course designers’ motivations. After interpreting this diversity, we focus here on the debates brought about by the renewal of these certificates. They are no longer free, and the private sector has gained momentum, which leads to many questions over the future of this new generation of certificates in academia.
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