This project is on the modularization of continuing education and professional development by microcredentials in higher education (MCE), in particular in the context of the European Commission's Recommendation to the Council of Ministers on microcredentials and the planned steps in 2021-2025 for the recognition of microcredentials in Member States. As a contribution to this process, MCE contributes to the further conceptualization of microcredentials as cornerstones for the expansion of continuous education and professional development (CEPD) and to transformative institutional developments in interaction with national and EU frameworks. Partners will build on results of their existing collaborations on short learning programs and on the Common Microcredential Framework developed with the European MOOC Consortium. Both collaborations have proven their relevance at the micro-level of concept and design, the meso-level of institutional strategies and conditions, and the macro-level of national and EU policies and strategies. In the further conceptualization of microcredentials, MCE adds the learner perspective as a core dimension. The project is thereafter focusing on institutional development in alignment with European and the national frameworks for microcredentials. The objectives of MCE respond to this by:- further developing and operationalizing the concept of microcredentials in European universities, taking into account the learners' perspective;- supporting institutional development for organizing and creating the conditions for developing transformative modular education and microcredentials;- Delivering an evidence-base for the dialogue with policy makers at national and EU level developing policies for CEPD and frameworks for microcredentials.Within the project, bottom-up and top-down processes will therefore continuously meet. The MCE approach is multi-level and multi-stakeholder oriented, looking for impact on stakeholders to realize transformation.