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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are changing the educational field, challenging traditional institutional strategies and recognition schemes and opening up new opportunities for learners and educators both from within and outside formal education. However, while the potential benefits and risks of the MOOCs have been discussed by scientists and policy makers, the corresponding empirical data is scarce. What’s more, the evidence that is available is usually restricted to a single course or single provider.MOOCKnowledge (http://moocknowledge.eu/), funded by the European Commission’s Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), aims to facilitate a shared understanding of the value and efficacy of MOOCs by developing a set of analysis tools and applying them to a wide range of MOOCs.The most powerful outcome of the project would be the possibility to correlate different dimensions of MOOC production, execution, and learners experience. For example, identifying links between financial investment, learning design, and learner outcomes. To do this, we must first develop a conceptual model of the factors which determine or contribute to the value of a MOOC.

MOOCs --- learning design --- evaluation --- cost --- value

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This paper presents the results of a pilot study about students’ adoption and learning outcomes of 4 MOOCs proposed as a complementary resource for traditional remedial courses on calculus. While the MOOCs were not mandatory, traditional remedial courses were required for those freshmen failing a diagnostic exam. The effects on 589 freshmen students were investigated. The data analysis shows that up to 16 % of the students were active in the MOOCs under study, mostly during the days before taking the diagnostic exam that preceded the traditional face-to-face remedial courses. Trace data about learner actions within the platform were collected as well as the students’ scores. According to a statistical comparison of the students’ exam scores and their interaction behavior with the MOOCs, we observe that active students had more chances of passing the diagnostic exam and skipping the required remedial courses. However, we found no significant differences on the remedial course exam scores between the students that were active in the MOOCs and those that were not. These findings suggest that MOOCs are a good solution to strengthening skills and reviewing concepts, but that more guidance is needed when used as a complement to traditional f2f courses.

MOOCs --- remedial courses --- higher education --- pilot study --- adoption --- learning outcomes

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"Educational Visions looks to future developments in educational technology by reviewing its history, covering themes such as learning analytics and design, inquiry learning, citizen science, inclusion, and learning at scale. The book shows how successful innovations can be built over time, informs readers about current practice and demonstrates how they can use this work themselves. The chapters show how one research group has worked persistently over 40 years with four visions in mind, of a future where: • learning is accessible for everyone • teaching is adapted to meet learners’ needs • teams can successfully teach any number of students at a distance • learners engage enthusiastically with STEM learning. Each vision is covered in a pair of chapters: the first brings together four decades of research in the area; the second introduces current work, showing how they are united by a consistent framework and a persistent vision."

Learning analytics --- Open education --- Inclusion --- MOOCs --- Citizen science --- Technology-enhanced learning

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The development of a closed-loop cycle is a necessary condition so as to develop a circular economy model as an alternative to the linear model, in order to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible. For this motive, the definition of the value must be demonstrated for both the environment and the economy. The presence of these analyses should be associated with the social dimension and the human component. A strong cooperation between social and technical profiles is a new challenge for all researchers. End of life of products attract a lot of attention, and the final output could be the production of technologies suitable for managing this waste.

CO2 emissions --- economic analysis --- photovoltaic --- subsidies --- circular economy --- environmental assessment --- quantitative analysis --- waste management --- renewable energy --- economic growth --- sustainable development --- Health and Social Care --- branches --- NUTS3 regions --- employment --- professions --- Czech Republic --- European Union --- prediction --- cluster analysis --- cluster analysis --- unsupervised classification --- mixed data --- circular economy --- waste management --- tourism industry --- Italy --- circular economy --- multi-level perspective --- SWOT --- eco-design --- sustainability --- circular economy (CE) --- circular business models (CBMs) --- Industry 4.0 --- industrial symbiosis --- industrial district (ID) --- Italian ceramic industry --- sustainability --- circular economy --- education --- digital transformation of education --- open online education --- open educational resources --- massive open online courses --- MOOCs --- complexity --- multiple value --- phygitalization --- circular commerce --- retailing --- digitalization --- territory --- technology --- commercial cycle --- circular economy --- social sciences --- sustainability