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Unlike other existing microcredentials, the MicroMasters programs offer both the benefit of gaining relevant skills in a particular field that can support career development and a pathway to advanced credits in the respective universities offering the course. The idea of the MicroMasters program started out as an iteration of the existing MOOC model when [[Coursera]] first started offering specializations for its various disciplines and a response to the changing nature of work as well as the [[Skills mismatch|major skills shortage]] currently impacting businesses around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/reflecting-original-big-idea-moocs|title=Reflecting on the Original Big Idea for MOOCs {{!}} Inside Higher Ed|website=www.insidehighered.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref>
Further advancement in the MicroMasters program has resulted greater partnership with top-rated universities offering full residential, online, and [[Blended learning|blended]] graduate programs at a much lower price in the range of $10,000 to $23,000 starting from October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/12242-edx-masters-program.html|title=Fully Online edX Masters Programs|last=Gee|first=Sue|date=2018-10-23|website=I-Programmer|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
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== Demographics ==
According to a report by Columbia University's [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]], a typical MicroMasters student is well-educated and employed, with almost 80% having an undergraduate degree or better.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/cc7beb_5803e625ebee463ebc6f4796027366f1.pdf|title=Benefits and Costs of MOOC-Based Alternative Credentials|last=Hollands|first=Fiona|last2=Kazi|first2=Aasiya|date=October 2018|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> The majority of the learners are between the age of 22 and 44, with the United States and India forming 16% and 14% of the learners, followed by Brazil, Colombia, and Nigeria forming the next 3%. The majority of learners have also indicated in being fluent or proficient in English.
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