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Pilot results: presenters say no-cost/low-cost course participants showed higher completion in a limited study; national study underway
Summary
WICHE and MEC presenters described a pilot indicating students in courses designated no-cost/low-cost were twice as likely to complete credentials; they cautioned the result is preliminary, because many institutions combined OER and low-cost designations, and said a national study with five institutions is underway with results expected by November 2024.
Presenters on the Midwestern Higher Education Compact webinar described preliminary research and the limitations that currently constrain attributing student outcomes to open educational resources alone. Liliana Diaz Salutikin, senior policy analyst at WICHE, said the pilot produced "promising results" and reported that "students that participated in no cost, low cost credits were 2 times more likely to graduate or complete their credential compared to students who did not participate in a no cost, low cost credit." She and other presenters cautioned the finding is limited by how institutions label…
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