Lynda.com Certificates - Tests Coming?

If you haven't been to Lynda.com you should visit and watch a few of the free video tutorials.  Basically Lynda.com costs $25 per month, and they provide professionally produced video tutorials for ANY piece of software or programming language that you could ever hope to learn.  I have used it before (casually), but I will be using it this summer to learn the Adobe CS3 suite.  I will be teaching a high school web design class next year, and although I know enough to build basic webpages I would like to know a whole lot more before I begin teaching it to eager 15 year olds.  Anyway, Lynda.com has announced that they are now offering Certificates of Completion for those people that complete a series of lessons on a piece of software or programming language.  Their website says the following about the certificates:

"Once you're a member, it's easy to share your success with coworkers, friends, and potential employers as you earn Certificates of Completion for each course you view in the Online Training Library®. Whether you're up for a promotion, seeking employment, or just wanting to show off to your friends, you can share a Certificate of Completion when you finish a lynda.com course. We've also created banners and links for your web site, blog, or social networking profile—all at no extra cost to you." 

 They are looking for feedback from users regarding testing which means they are at least flirting with the idea of providing some sort of assessment of a user's learning.  I can't believe that this would be free, but still it could open certified computer learning in a big way.  What are the implications of this? There was an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education published in September of 2008 that discusses something along these lines.  To me it seems that there have always been more acceptance in "the trades" for the concept of informal or open learning.  If you can do the work you can do the work.  End of discussion.  Who really cares where or how you learned it.