The Next Step on the Path to an Online-Only Education?

MIT will soon bundle massive open online courses (MOOCs) together into “course sequences” which tackle a coherent subject matter. After finishing one of these “XSeries” sequences, students can pay to take a test, which will earn them a special “Verified Certificate” from edX. The end-of-sequences tests will cost around $700, and they’ll verify a student’s identity in part through their webcam.