Charter Oak State College has announced it will award credit for select online courses known as MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) taken through the edX.org platform. The collaboration creates the potential for edX learners to earn college credit for those courses reviewed and approved by Charter Oak’s Connecticut Credit Assessment Program.
The first two edX courses Charter Oak will offer credit for are open for enrollment now and begin in January. They include MITx’s Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python beginning Jan. 13, and UC BerkeleyX’s Engineering Software as a Service (SaaS) Part 2 beginning Jan. 11. Learners can earn three lower-level college credits from Charter Oak for the successful completion of the MITx course, and two upper-level credits from Charter Oak for the UC BerkeleyX course.
Additional edX courses continue to be reviewed for credit, and will be included in the program in the coming weeks and months.
Manchester Community College and Charter Oak State College recently signed an agreement that enables graduates from the community college to more easily transfer credits. The new program specifically targets MCC’s associate’s degree in business office technology/medical with a transfer to Charter Oak’s bachelor of science degree in health information management.
