Microsoft and NCCRS

[Imbanewbie]

It looks like Microsoft recently joined NCCRS and has many offerings in the form of technical certifications and MOOC courses through EDX. Some of these are even UL and GRADUATE. For the certification tests it looks like the average cost is $165(plus proctoring?). For the MOOCs you have to pay $99 for each course in a series of 10 or so courses that make up a Microsoft Professional Program. That means roughly $1000 which is probably not going to be of any interest to most people. Some people in a related field may be able to get their employers to cover the certification exams or courses. Since it looks like the NCCRS recommendation is pretty new, I'd check back periodically to see if they add more. Currently there are 4 certification exams for credit and 11 MOOC Microsoft Professional Pathways for credit(and 4 retired exams).

http://www.nationalccrs.org/organization...soft#n8879

https://academy.microsoft.com/en-us/prof...am/tracks/

On the bright side: Microsoft offers free online prep material for the certification exams. Microsoft offers student discounts.

On the (potentially) down side: It looks like excelsior handles the transcripts?


* This is unrelated to MOS certifications and other microsoft office courses through colleges and 3rd parties.

How I can get free prep for student. I want to try it out.