MIT is doing it right!
MIT is offering a fast track to the Master’s program. It just happens to be in NORC’s content space. Here is how the system works: You take 5 online courses: Principles of Microeconomics The Challenges of Global Poverty Data Analysis for Social Scientists Foundations of Development Policy: Advanced Development Designing and Running Randomized Evaluations Pass a proctored exam for each course at a testing facility around the world. Earn a MicroMaster credential from MITx (from the best I can tell, this is a certificate of completion). What makes this different is the on-ramp to the new blended Master’s degree of Data, Economics, and Development Policy program. This places people in a category of earning a Master’s degree in 2 sessions (spring and summer) of attending MIT on campus if accepted. It is the new testing process they are evaluating over standardized tests (ACT, SAT, GRE