ACE will create a pool of 100 low-cost courses

Posted on September 25th, 2014

The American Council on Education (ACE), a higher education association comprised of more than 1,800 accredited universities and colleges, recently announced the creation of a pool of 100 low cost or free online courses that will lead to credit recommendations. The courses will be general education and lower-division and will include up to 30 subject areas. ACE plans to partner with 50 institutions that will agree to issue credit for the course recommendations with the goal for students to be able to enrol in those colleges with up to two years of transfer credits from the pool of courses. The courses in the pool could come from any college, as long as they are low-cost and meet the council’s criteria. ACE is also opening up the pool to non-accredited, non-institutional providers, such as StraighterLine, Saylor Academy, and MOOC providers. ACE will not tack on a course fee for students. Transcripts for the credit recommendations typically cost about $40.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/11/ace-will-create-pool-100-low-cost-courses-some-non-college-providers