May 21, 2013

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Students Could be Closer to Credit for Web Classes

Students taking the increasingly popular free online courses offered by elite universities could be a step closer to earning college credit for completing them.

Nearly 2 million students worldwide have signed up for so-called "Massive Online Open Courses" -- or MOOCs -- from Coursera, which offers classes from Princeton, Stanford, Duke and 31 other universities.

So far, there's been almost no route for students to earn credit for completing those courses, and most who sign up don't finish. But under a new agreement, the American Council on Education will begin evaluating a handful of Coursera classes and -- if they pass muster -- recommend that other colleges award credit to students who pass. It will still be up to individual universities whether to accept such credits.


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  • The Official SAT Question of the Day for Tuesday, May 21

    Part or all of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.  

    They determine the color and flavor of honey by the flowers from which the nectar is taken.

    1. click to choose answer A  They determine the color and flavor of honey by the
    2. click to choose answer B  Honey’s color and flavor is determined by which
    3. click to choose answer C  Honey’s color and flavor determined by those
    4. click to choose answer D  The color of honey, and its flavor, determined by the
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