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Micro-credentials can be used to complement and enhance education, training, lifelong learning and employability ecosystems without changing the nature of higher education and vocational training systems. Therefore, it is important to establish quality assurance and accreditation criteria to build trust in micro-credentials, facilitate their understanding and recognition, ensure their validity and reliability, and support the sustainability of micro-credentials. This study aimed to systematically analyze the literature, related reports and documents published between 2020 and 2024 to explore how the quality assurance of micro-credentials can be established. A total of 26 articles and 40 reports were thematically analyzed, generating free codes grouped into 22 categories and four themes: (1) integration into the higher education ecosystem and recognition,(2) institutional responsibility and capacity for change,(3) external quality assurance, and (4) challenges related to quality assurance and accreditation. The study examines key quality assurance aspects for integrating micro-credentials into higher education and highlights considerations for providers.  \nKeywords: Accreditation, higher education, lifelong learning, micro-credentials, quality assurance, quality assurance agencies.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nMicro-credentials can enhance education, training, lifelong learning, and employability systems without undermining existing qualifications and degrees, ensuring they remain complementary rather than disruptive and competitive (Council of the European Union, 2022; Greere, 2023) . In this respect, quality assurance of micro-credentials is crucial. Quality assurance and accreditation are identified as one of the key issues for the recognition and integration of micro-credentials into higher education (Council of the European Union, 2022), but also as one of the obstacles to the acceptance of micro-credentials (Raj et al., 2024; Tamoliune et al., 2023) . Cirlan (2023) states that quality assurance is essential to build trust in micro-credentials and to facilitate their understanding and recognition. Olcott (2022) sees quality of micro credentials as a“gamechanger”, a “market differentiator” among competing institutions.  \nFor higher education institutions (HEIs) that have previously focused on macro degrees, activities related to micro degrees are quite challenging and complex, and the development of an innovative, robust and consistent quality framework to ensure the validity, reliability and recognition of micro-credentials becomes important in  \nthis context (O’Leary et al., 2022) . MODUS (2023) report states that for micro-credentials to be sustainable in higher education, there is a need for mandatory quality assurance standards in all HEIs. The report addresses the quality assurance of micro-credentials from two perspectives: defining the quality assurance processes that HEIs should follow as providers and defining the recognition practices for micro-credentials awarded by alternative providers and including them in quality assurance processes. As highlighted in the German Rectors’Conference, higher education institutions play an essential role not only as providers but also as threshold gatekeepers for quality assurance of micro-credentials awarded by alternative provider","cbCaipxvqmvagwqi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipxvqmvagwqi","pdf",353494,32,"English","# Introduction\n## Quality assurance and accreditation in micro-credentials\n## Institutional roles and recognition practices\n# Abstract\n## Quality assurance goals and sustainability","[{\"question\":\"What does the study identify as the dual role of quality assurance in micro-credentials?\",\"answer\":\"Quality assurance and accreditation function as both facilitators and barriers when integrating micro-credentials into higher education, affecting trust, understanding, recognition, and sustainability.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the scope and method used in the systematic review?\",\"answer\":\"The study systematically analyzes literature, related reports, and documents published between 2020 and 2024, thematically reviewing 26 articles and 40 reports.\"},{\"question\":\"What four themes does the review generate?\",\"answer\":\"The review produces four themes: (1) integration into the higher education ecosystem and recognition, (2) institutional responsibility and capacity for change, (3) external quality assurance, and (4) challenges related to quality assurance and accreditation.\"}]","MICRO-CREDENTIALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION - A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW FOR QUALITY ASPECTS | PDF",1792042927,81]