The MOOC Revolution: How To Earn An Elite MBA For Free

The MOOC Revolution: How To Earn An Elite MBA For Free

http://poetsandquants.com/2013/12/17/the-mooc-revolution-how-to-earn-an-elite-mba-for-free/

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MOOCs

 

Would the average employer really prefer to review a "portfolio of certificates" from every job candidate ?

 

I think there can come out of it an MBA Award.
Some may call it Award that is equivalent to MBA from top tier school.

May be wort the effort?
There will be opponents if people who spent 1--K to earn MBA suddenly be challenged with People who spent less the 1 K.

 

That's certainly a possibility. But does the average employer really want a qualification system that is so complex that a third-party consultant is needed to interpret the results ?

A handful of RA schools have experimented with "Narrative Evaluations" (NEs) instead of traditional letter grades. The largest and best-known example is probably the University of California at Santa Cruz. Under the old UCSC NE system, you would just be graded "Pass" or "Fail", and then the professor would provide a writeup that "describes the nature and requirements of the course", "evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the student's performance in the various areas of class activity including discussion, laboratory work, presentations, term papers, examinations, and general understanding of the course content", and "allows recognition of supplementary work or particularly noteworthy performance".

The traditional approach to grading yields a one-page academic transcript, with nothing much beyond class names, letter grades, and an overall grade point average. The narrative evaluation approach, on the other hand, yields a stack of papers (one for each class), comprising thousands of words total, with no explicit grades beyond "Pass", and no overall GPA.

Guess what -- most employers and graduate schools hate reviewing narrative evaluations. This proved to be a big problem for UCSC grads. Eventually the UCSC administration had to provide a system for "translating" NEs into letter grades. Then they added letter grades to the NEs. Then they started phasing out NEs altogether. The experiment failed.

The "portfolio of certificates" approach strikes me as similar. In theory, yes, you could submit an academic "portfolio" to an employer or graduate school. And in theory, yes, a credible portfolio consultant could be called upon to act as a reviewer in such cases.

But would any employer or school prefer this option over the traditional one-page transcript ?

 

A single Award called MBA award will do.

A nice looking certificate of MBA Award issued by respectful body.

 

They should adopt the Marine Corps' Officer Candidate School peer-evaluation. They have to choose top 3 and least 3, and write about the candidates. They will find interesting evaluation...because the students will spear each others. :headbang:

 

maybe it will not matter to some employers as long as the employee has competency for the job. :suspect: