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Note: Certification group says five Coursera classes measure up, but universities must decide whether to award formal credit.
12 Best iPhone, iPad Apps Of 2012 (click image for larger view and for slideshow)Some Coursera students might be able to get college credit for their courses, after Wednesday's move by the American Council on Education (ACE) to certify five Coursera classes.
Coursera, which offers massive online open courses, also known as MOOCs, is one of several efforts to bring higher education online. It now has a lineup of more than 200 classes, organized and taught by professors at 33 universities.
The ACE, a higher education organization, certified "Pre-Calculus" and "Algebra," both offered by The University of California, Irvine; "Introduction to Genetics and Evolution" and "Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach," both offered by Duke University; and "Calculus: A Single Variable," offered by University of Pennsylvania. Four of these are for college credit; the fifth, Algebra, is a developmental math class for vocational schools.
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