Self-organizing Evolving Education

The undeniable success in enrollment for massive online courses sharply contrasts with the number of students that complete them. This paper argues that massive online education should radically change how content is presented and evaluated if it is to become a sustainable method at a worldwide scale. In particular, delivering online education to the rising billion, the population in the poorest developing nations, requires a different approach. This research proposes a novel, self-organizing tutorial framework that evolves along with a student's ability to solve problems. The framework incorporates elements from machine learning, education and digital entertainment to deliver a different educational experience. The dynamics of these elements are incorporated into the model to allow an evolving set of challenges that completely differ from today's views of online education. Furthermore, the paper also discusses implementation implications along with the framework's limitations and possible evaluation methodologies.