Invited presentation at EURIE 2019, Istanbul, 1st March 2019.

1. The Third Wave of MOOCs:
Strategic Opportunities for Transnational Education
Professor Mark Brown
Dublin City University
Republic of Ireland
1st March 2019

2. @mbrownz

7. Outline…
1. Growth of MOOCs
2. Rise of the Third Wave
3. Shaping the Online Future

9. 1.Growth of MOOCs

13. 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.

14. MOOCs

16. 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

23. 2. Rise of the Third Wave

29. 3. Shaping the Online Future

30. Around the table…

32. • Mini modules
• Study mobility
• Credit pathways
• Joint degree programs
• International scholarships
• Access
• Quality
• Revenue
• Flexibility
• Innovation

34. Final remark...

35. “MOOCs
should be in the service of
big ideas,
not as a big idea
in itself”

36. Go raibh maith agaibh!
Thank you