Micro-Credentials

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Freeloader: "In his smugness, Johann has invented...

Indeed he has! How did you find out I'm known as: 

Seine Selbstgefälligkeit, Johann VI, Graf von Biersaufen und Wurstburg.  
His Smugness, Count Johann VI of Beerchugging and Sausageville.

PhD's for everybody? Certainly! The Elves print them up at my private University in the Black Forest. - Die Alte und Freie Universität von Johann. 

Now - do you esteemed members agree with this view that micro-credentials (Okay - hyphen) are becoming that big a thing? Do you see a big future for any specific ones? Any specific issuers? Any specific industries or occupational areas?

There is an ongoing debate as to the purpose of universities.  Do they exist in order to educate people generally or should they be the training ground for the corporate world.  Of course, it's not a black or white situation, a middle ground exists and I think that microcredentials (I'm going without the hyphen) are a way that universities can 1) make some money and 2) show some responsiveness to the needs of the business world.  Soon they will become like an MBA, every school in the world will have microcredentials just as they all now have online MBA programs.  They will continue to expand but they will never dominate.