The Third Wave of MOOCs:

Strategic Opportunities for Transnational Education

Professor Mark Brown Dublin City University

Republic of Ireland

1st March 2019

@mbrownz

Outline…

1. Growth of MOOCs

2. Rise of the Third Wave

3. Shaping the Online Future

1.Growth of MOOCs

Almost 4000 articles

from 591 news

sources from around

the world, with close

to 50% reduction in

media stories in

2014 from peak of

2013.

MOOCs

Jansen, D., & Schuwer, R. (2015). Institutional MOOC strategies in Europe Status report based on a mapping survey

conducted in October - December 2014. EADTU – HOME project. Available from

http://eadtu.eu/documents/Publications/OEenM/Institutional_MOOC_strategies_in_Europe.pdf

2. Rise of the Third Wave

3. Shaping the Online Future

Around the table…

• Mini modules

• Study mobility

• Credit pathways

• Joint degree programs

• International scholarships

• Access

• Quality

• Revenue

• Flexibility

• Innovation

Final remark...

“MOOCs

should be in the service of

big ideas, not as a big idea

in itself”

Go raibh maith agaibh!

Thank you