The Master of Arts in Education with a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning  prepares K- 26+ educators for 21st century teaching and learning in blended and fully online environments. The program covers integrating best practices in curriculum and pedagogy, multicultural education, educational technology, online pedagogy, and curriculum development for online delivery using emerging technologies. The program is also beneficial for people who provide professional development and training in other settings such as non-profits, businesses, industry, government, and hospitals.

College: Education
Delivery Format: 100% online
Program Credits:  33 credits
Program Length: 2 years
Cost Per Credit Hour: $399.50
Active Military Cost Per Credit Hour: $250

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Master of Education with the Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate

Courses for the Master of Arts in Education

Courses for the Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate

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Earning the Master of Arts in Education with the Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate qualifies a student to apply for the Information Technology Coordinator Endorsement from the New Mexico Public Education Department.

Nationally ranked 14th by Online Masters for Best Online Masters for Teaching Online Programs for 2019 and Best for K-20+ Educators.

NMSU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
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HLC phone: 800-621-7440

Quality Matters (QM) is a nationally-recognized peer review process that certifies the quality of online and blended course design. Seven of the OTL course have gone through the QM peer review process and are recognized as meeting QM standards. The five OTL core courses EDLT 560, 575, 580, 590, & 592, EDLT 581 (can substitute one OTL core course) and EDLT 579 are all QM Recognized Courses.