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Credly is not exclusive to ACE credits.  That free certificate from USF from last year issued a Credly badge.  Same with the non-credit LawShelf courses I took.

That USF certificate a bunch of us did last year became a $150 course to get the certificate after we took it. 

LawShelf is NCCRS. 

Who knows what will happen with Credly now that it's been sold to Pearson.

I never paid a penny for the USF Certificate.   I got the Credly badge, a printable certificate and added it to LinkedIn.   If you took it after the limited time free offering, then you would have to pay for the certificate similar to a handful of their other certificate offerings.

My LawShelf courses that I chose were somewhat related to the industries I work in and not eligible for credit.  I just wanted the pretty badges for my Credly profile and LinkedIn

I doubt Credly is going anywhere.  Perhaps a name change, if anything, but badges seem to be the “in” thing these days.

I said those who took the certificate AFTER we did had to pay for it. 

Pearson has many years of doing stupid things. Wouldn't surprise me if they did crazy stupid things with Credly. Badges are trendy today. No one knows if they will be in 3 years or further into the future. Things always change.