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What’s micro-credentials got to do, got to do with it?
There has been a lot of buzz recently about so-called “micro-credentials”, touted as an area of new thinking in education and qualifications. But is this really the case? What are micro-credentials? And are they really something new and innovative? Or just a rehash of old ideas?